Rodolphe Poma
Rodolphe Joseph Poma (born June 26, 1884 in Pittem ; † 1954 ) was a Belgian rower who was second in the Olympics in 1908 and won three European championships.
Rodolphe Poma rowed for the Koninklijke Roeivereniging Club Gent . This club placed eighth several times , who represented Belgium at the European Championships . From 1897 to 1910 the Belgian eight won the title at the European championships twelve times, the French boat only won in 1905 and 1909. Rodolphe Poma was in the victorious boat in 1906 , 1907 and 1908 . In the four with helmsman , he took second place in 1908 and 1909 .
At the Olympic Games in London in 1908 , two boats competed against each other in the finals of the four boat classes. The Ghent eight with Rodolphe Poma was the only foreign boat to reach a final with a victory over the boat of the University of Cambridge and was there defeated by the crew from the Leander Club .
Web links
- Rodolphe Poma in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- European championships in four with a helmsman at sport-komplett.de
- European championships in figure eight at sport-komplett.de
Footnotes
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 . P. 262
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poma, Rodolphe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Poma, Rodolphe Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittem |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1954 |