Hugo Strauß
Hugo Strauß (25 June 1907 – 1 November 1941) was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Born | 25 June 1907 Mannheim | |||||||||||||
Died | 1 November 1941 34) Golodayeva, Sverdlovsk, Russia | (aged|||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||
Club | Mannheimer RC | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 1936 he won the gold medal with his partner Willi Eichhorn in the coxless pair competition. Strauß was 29 at the time he won,[1] it was also the only time he was in the Olympics. Also in 1936 Germany went on to win the Olympics that year.[2] He was killed during WWII while serving on the Eastern Front.[3]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "A Map of Olympic Medals - Interactive Graphic". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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