Hans Eller
German rower
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 | 1932 Los Angeles | Coxed four |
Hans Eller (14 August 1910 – 4 April 1943) was a German rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, USA. In 1932 he won the gold medal as member of the German boat in the coxed fours competition.[1]
Biography
Born as Johannes Eller on 10 August 1910 in Danzig-Oliva, his father was a naval captain and mother a home maker.
He studied in Grenoble, France and later gained a law degree from Berlin. He worked for "Wirtschaftsgruppe Elektroindustrie," and had clients such as Siemens, Mende, and Phillips, some of which he then defended against nationalization from the National Socialist government.
Eller married Hildegard Kluge in Dresden on 23 December 1939 and has a son (Hans-Peter M. Eller) born in Dresden on 22 March 1943. He was January 1940, and wounded in France. After recuperation Eller was sent to Russia, but declared missing 23 January 1943. The search division of the German Red Cross recently found from Russian records that he died in a camp near Starobelsk on 4 April 1943.[citation needed]
He was a member of the Berliner Ruder Club and also participated successfully as crew member in fours in Henley Regattas.
He was killed in action during World War II.[2]
See also
- List of solved missing person cases
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hans Eller". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
External links
- Hans Eller at World Rowing
- Hans Eller at Olympedia
- Hans Eller at Olympics.com
- Hans Eller at Olympic.org (archived)
- Hans Eller at databaseOlympics.com[dead link]
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Olympic champions – Men's coxed four
- 1900 – final A:
Henri Bouckaert, Jean Cau, Émile Delchambre, Henri Hazebrouck, Charlot (cox) (FRA) - 1900 – final B:
Gustav Goßler, Oscar Goßler, Walther Katzenstein, Waldemar Tietgens, Carl Goßler (cox) (GER) - 1912: Albert Arnheiter, Hermann Wilker, Rudolf Fickeisen, Otto Fickeisen, Karl Leister (cox) (GER)
- 1920:
Willy Brüderlin, Max Rudolf, Paul Rudolf, Hans Walter, Paul Staub (cox) (SUI) - 1924: Émile Albrecht, Alfred Probst, Eugen Sigg, Hans Walter, Walter Loosli (cox), Émile Lachapelle (cox) (SUI)
- 1928:
Valerio Perentin, Giliante D'Este, Nicolò Vittori, Giovanni Delise, Renato Petronio (cox) (ITA) - 1932:
Hans Eller, Horst Hoeck, Walter Meyer, Joachim Spremberg, Carlheinz Neumann (cox) (GER) - 1936:
Hans Maier, Walter Volle, Ernst Gaber, Paul Söllner, Fritz Bauer (cox) (GER) - 1948:
Warren Westlund, Bob Martin, Bob Will, Gordy Giovanelli, Allen Morgan (cox) (USA) - 1952:
Karel Mejta, Jiří Havlis, Jan Jindra, Stanislav Lusk, Miroslav Koranda (cox) (TCH) - 1956:
Alberto Winkler, Romano Sgheiz, Angelo Vanzin, Franco Trincavelli, Ivo Stefanoni (cox) (ITA) - 1960:
Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Klaus Riekemann, Jürgen Litz, Michael Obst (cox) (EUA) - 1964: Peter Neusel, Bernhard Britting, Joachim Werner, Egbert Hirschfelder, Jürgen Oelke (cox) (EUA)
- 1968:
Dick Joyce, Ross Collinge, Dudley Storey, Warren Cole, Simon Dickie (cox) (NZL) - 1972:
Peter Berger, Hans-Johann Färber, Gerhard Auer, Alois Bierl, Uwe Benter (cox) (FRG) - 1976:
Vladimir Eshinov, Nikolay Ivanov, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Klepikov, Aleksandr Sema (heat 1), Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox) (URS) - 1980:
Dieter Wendisch, Ullrich Dießner, Walter Dießner, Gottfried Döhn, Andreas Gregor (cox) (GDR) - 1984:
Martin Cross, Richard Budgett, Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave, Adrian Ellison (cox) (GBR) - 1988: Bernd Niesecke, Karsten Schmeling, Bernd Eichwurzel, Frank Klawonn, Hendrik Reiher (cox) (GDR)
- 1992:
Iulică Ruican, Viorel Talapan, Dimitrie Popescu, Nicolae Țaga, Dumitru Răducanu (cox) (ROU)
- 1912:
Ejler Allert, Christian Hansen, Carl Møller, Carl Pedersen, Poul Hartmann (cox) (DEN)
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