Viktor Flessl

Viktor Flessl (born November 6, 1898 in Braunau , † December 18, 1943 in Breza ) was an Austrian rower who won an Olympic bronze medal in a double scull in 1928 .

Flessl started for the rowing club Wiking Linz . Although both the club and the athletes were Austrian, he regularly competed in the German rowing championships. In 1926 and 1927 he won there together with Leo Losert in the double scull , with which he took second place in 1925 and 1928. In 1928 they lost to the Berlin duo Horst Hoeck and Gerhard Voigt . At the 1928 Olympic Games on a canal in Amsterdam, two boats competed against each other in a knockout system. Hoeck and Voigt were eliminated in the third round and took fourth place. Losert and Flessl made it to the semi-finals and received the bronze medal behind the boats from the United States and Canada.

Flessl fell in Bosnia as a first lieutenant in the fight against partisans during World War II.

Flessl was also a member of the student association Bajuvaria zu Linz.

literature

Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .
Leo Strasser: Olympic gold. From Athens 1896 to Beijing 2008. Olympic money for Olympic ideas . Edition Va Bene, Vienna / Klosterneuburg 2007 ISBN 978-3-85167-189-6

Web links

Viktor Flessl in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
German champions in two without a helmsman

Individual evidence

↑ Volker Kluge: Die Chronik I. Berlin 1997, page 686, note 226. According to this note, Flessl was also the bearer of the blood order , a second source is not yet available.

personal data
SURNAME	Flessl, Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian rower
DATE OF BIRTH	November 6, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH	Braunau am Inn
DATE OF DEATH	December 18, 1943
Place of death	Breza

[1] Volker Kluge: Die Chronik I. Berlin 1997, page 686, note 226. According to this note, Flessl was also the bearer of the blood order , a second source is not yet available.