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1910 European Rowing Championships
The 1910 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held in the Belgian city of Ostend. The competition, held on 15 August, was for men only and they competed in five boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2+, M4+, M8+). Medal summary There is uncertainty about the results shown in the table below. The Italian rowing historian Maurizio Ustolin writes that Venetian rowers from Querini Venezia and Bucintoro Venezia were medallists in all five boat classes. According to Ustolin, Querini won gold in the coxed four (as shown below) and silver in the coxed pair (missing from the table below), with Bucintoro winning silver in the three remaining boat classes (the results show a bronze medal for the Italian single sculler instead). Rowing scholar Peter Mallory then repeated Ustolin's claims in a book chapter on early Italian rowing. Footnotes References {{European Rowing Championships European Rowing Championships European Rowing Championships Rowing Rowing European Rowing Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostend
Ostend ( nl, Oostende, ; french: link=no, Ostende ; german: link=no, Ostende ; vls, Ostende) is a coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke, Raversijde, Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast. History Origin to Middle Ages In the Early Middle Ages, Ostend was a small village built on the east-end () of an island (originally called Testerep) between the North Sea and a beach lake. Although small, the village rose to the status of "town" around 1265, when the inhabitants were allowed to hold a market and to build a market hall. The major source of income for the inhabitants was fishing. The North Sea coastline has always been rather unstable due to the power of the water. In 1395 the inhabitants decided to build a new Ostend behind large dikes and further away from the always-threatening sea. 15th to 18th century The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
