Rupert Weinstabl
Rupert Weinstabl (born November 20, 1911 in Leopoldsdorf (Reingers municipality) , Lower Austria , † September 7, 1953 ) was an Austrian canoeist who won two Olympic medals in 1936. From 1938 he started for Germany.
Life
Rupert Weinstabl was a police officer and started for the Police Sports Association Vienna . At the canoe competitions during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, he competed in a two-man canoe with Karl Proisl . Over 10,000 meters, the two took third place behind Václav Mottl and Zdeněk Škrland from Czechoslovakia and Frank Saker and Harvey Charters from Canada. The next day Vladimír Syrovátka and Jan Brzák-Felix from Czechoslovakia won over Proisl and Weinstabl, behind them Saker and Charters won bronze.
After the annexation of Austria , Proisl and Weinstabl started for Germany. At the 1938 World Championships in Vaxholm, the two fought over 10,000 meters silver behind Bohuslav Karlík and Jan Brzák-Felix. Over 1000 meters, Proisl and Weinstabl won ahead of the Czechoslovaks.
At German championships Proisl and Weinstabl won over 1000 meters from 1938 to 1941. Proisl and Weinstabl won over 10,000 meters in 1938, 1940 and 1941.
Web links
- Rupert Weinstabl in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 . P. 861
- ↑ World championships over 10,000 meters on sport-komplett.de
- ↑ World championships over 1000 meters on sport-komplett.de
- ↑ German champions over 1000 meters on sport-komplett.de
- ↑ German champions over 10,000 meters on sport-komplett.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weinstabl, Rupert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian canoeists |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leopoldsdorf (Reingers community) |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1953 |