Willy Düskow
Willy Düskow was a German rower who became Olympic Knight in a two-man in 1908 without a helmsman .
Willy Düskow competed at the German Championship in 1908 together with Martin Stahnke in a boat of the Berlin Rowing Club . They took second place behind Hermann Wilker and Otto Fickeisen from Ludwigshafen. Düskow and Stahnke traveled to the Olympic Games in London. At the Olympic Games in 1908 , the rowing competitions were held on the Thames near Henley . The course was so narrow that only two boats could compete against each other. Four boats competed in the two-man boat class without a helmsman. Düskow and Stahnke lost in the second run to the British George Fairbairn and Philip Verdon . In the official result only places one and two were rated. Stahnke and Düskow are listed as Olympic thirds in many sources, analogous to boxing.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 , p. 261.
Web links
- Willy Düskow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ German championships in two without a helmsman
- ↑ For example in Erich Kamper , Bill Mallon : Who's Who of the Olympic Games 1896–1992. Who's Who at the Olympics. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1992, ISBN 3-928562-47-9 , p. 202.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Düskow, Willy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |