Werner Dehn
Werner Dehn (born September 17, 1889 in Schöneberg ; † September 13, 1960 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German rower who won an Olympic bronze medal with an eighth in 1912 .
Dehn was born as the son of a court chamber clerk in Hauptstrasse 53a. Dehn started for the Berlin rowing club in 1876 . In 1911 he won the German championship in the four without a helmsman together with Otto Liebing , Rudolf Reichelt and Hans Matthiae . With the eighth, the Berliners lost to the team from Stettin in the German championship. In 1912 the eighth with Otto Liebing as batsman, 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 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 and Dehn lost to the later Olympic champions from London's Leander Club . since only three boats reached the semi-finals, the Germans were Olympic third.
In 1913, Dehn took second place at the German championship in two without a helmsman together with Hans Matthiae.
Web links
- Werner Dehn in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- German champions in four without a helmsman
- German champions in the eighth
- German champions in two without a helmsman
Individual evidence
- ↑ Death register Frankfurt a. M. Mitte, 1960, entry no.5357
- ^ Birth register Schöneberg I No. 594/1889
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dehn, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schöneberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1960 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |