Max Vetter
Max Vetter (born March 17, 1892 in Sztum ; † unknown) was a German rower who won an Olympic bronze medal with an eighth in 1912 .
Vetter started for the Berlin rowing club from 1876 . In 1912 the Berlin eight with Otto Liebing , Max Bröske , Max Vetter, Willi Bartholomae , Fritz Bartholomae , Werner Dehn , Rudolf Reichelt , Hans Matthiae and helmsman Kurt Runge won the German championship in front of the boat from Mainz, the boat from the Berlin RC Sport Borussia gave up.
At the 1912 Olympic Games on Djurgårdsbrunnsviken in Stockholm, two boats competed against each other in a knockout system. The eighth of the Berlin RV from 1876 won the first round over a Hungarian eight. In the second round, two Berlin boats met, the RV from 1876 won over the boat from Sport-Borussia. In the semifinals, the boat with cousin lost to the later Olympic champions from London's Leander Club . Since only three boats reached the semi-finals, the Germans were third in the Olympics.
Web links
- Max Vetter in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- German champions in the eighth
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cousin, max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sztum |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |