Teun Beijnen

Anthonie "Teun" Christiaan Beijnen (born June 13, 1899 in Ophemert ; † July 13, 1949 Beusichem ) was a Dutch rower and Olympic champion.

Teun Beijnen won the silver medal in the four with a helmsman behind the boat from Switzerland at the European Championships in 1923 together with Willy Rösingh , PM Duyvis, MMC Posno and MO Davis . At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924, only three boats competed in twos without a helmsman ; in the final on July 17, Rösingh and Beijnen faced the French Maurice Bouton and Georges Piot . After 8: 19.4 minutes, the Dutch crossed the finish line with a two-second lead over the French, the British had not started the final.

The European Championships in 1924 took place a few weeks after the Olympic Games. The Swiss Alois Reinhard and Wilhelm Siegenthaler won in two without a helmsman, ahead of Rösingh and Beijnen. On the other hand, Rösingh and Beijnen won together with helmsman CJA van Lummel in a pair with helmsman in front of the Swiss boat and the Italian Olympic champions.

Teun Beijnen then moved to eighth . At the European Championships in 1925 , he rowed the silver medal behind the Swiss with the Dutch eighth. In 1926 the Dutch eighth won the title, making Beijnen European champion for the second time. At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 , Beijnen was eliminated with eighth in the second round.

After his rowing career, Beijnen took part in the Monte Carlo Rally twice. He ran several companies and was part of the resistance in Beusichem during the Second World War. The passionate smoker died of heart failure at the age of fifty.

Web links

• Teun Beijnen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Footnotes

1. ↑ European championships in four with a helmsman on sport-komplett.de
2. ↑ European championships in two without a helmsman on sport-komplett.de
3. ^ European championships in two with a helmsman on sport-komplett.de
4. ↑ European Championships in figure eight on sport-komplett.de