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1921 European Rowing Championships
The 1921 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Amstel in the Dutch capital city Amsterdam from 9 to 11 September. The competition was for men only and they competed in five boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2+, M4+, M8+), the same ones as had been used at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. Medal summary References {{European Rowing Championships European Rowing Championships European Rowing Championships Rowing Rowing European Rowing Championships The European Rowing Championships is an international Rowing regatta organised by FISA (the International Rowing Federation) for European rowing nations, plus Israel which, though not a member of the European federation is treated as a European ... Sports competitions in Amsterdam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amstel
The Amstel () is a river in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. It flows from the Aarkanaal and Drecht in Nieuwveen northwards, passing Uithoorn, Amstelveen, and Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, to the IJ in Amsterdam. Annually, the river is the location of the Liberation Day concert, Head of the River Amstel rowing match, and the Amsterdam Gay Pride boat parade. Etymology The name ''Amstel'' and the older form ''Aemstel'' are derived from ''Amestelle'', which is a compound of the words '' aam'' or ''ame'' meaning water and '' stelle'' meaning solid, high, and dry ground.G. van Berkel & K. Samplonius,Amsterdam (Amsterdam, NH) (in Dutch), ''Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard'', 2018. Retrieved on 10 October 2020.Nederlandsche plaatsnamen (in Dutch), '' |
Willy Brüderlin
Wilhelm Brüderlin (born 20 October 1894, date of death unknown) was a Swiss rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he was part of the Swiss boat, which won the gold medal in the coxed four A coxed four, also known as a 4+, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oa ... event. He was also a member of the Swiss eights which was eliminated in the first round of the eight competition. References External links profile 1894 births Year of death unknown Swiss male rowers Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Olympic rowers of Switzerland Rowers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Kirchknopf
Ferenc Kirchknopf (9 June 1878 – 1 March 1949) was a Hungarian rower. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ... with the men's eight where they were eliminated in round one. References 1878 births 1949 deaths Hungarian male rowers Olympic rowers for Hungary Rowers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Rowers from Budapest European Rowing Championships medalists Sportspeople from Austria-Hungary {{Hungary-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sándor Hautzinger
Sándor Hautzinger (21 November 1885 – 2 May 1973), also known as Alexander Hautzinger, was a Hungarian rower. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ... with the men's eight where they were eliminated in round one. References External links * 1885 births 1973 deaths Hungarian male rowers Olympic rowers for Hungary Rowers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Burgenland European Rowing Championships medalists {{Hungary-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Szendeffy
István Szendeffy (29 November 1899 – 21 August 1985) was a Hungarian rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op .... References External links * 1899 births 1985 deaths Hungarian male rowers Olympic rowers for Hungary Rowers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Rowers from Budapest {{Hungary-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kálmán Jesze
Kálmán is an ancient Germanic origin Hungarian surname and male given name. Outside Hungary, the name occurs sometimes in the form Kalman. It was derived from the Germanic name: Koloman, Coloman or Kolman. The Germanic name Coloman has been used by Germans since the 9th century. Kalman ( in Yiddish and Hebrew, occasionally spelled Calman in Roman letters) is also a Yiddish given name that is a short form of the Greco-Jewish name Kalonymos (, meaning "beautiful name", a reference to a miracle worked in God's name). Sometimes the long form and short forms are used together, as in the compound name Kalman Kalonymos. The Yiddish and Hungarian names are a convergence with separate origins (the Yiddish name first appearing in the Rhineland in the middle ages with the famed Kalonymos family). People with the name Kalman or Kálmán include: Surname * Attila Kálmán (born 1968), Hungarian organist and pianist * Charles Kálmán (1929–2015), Hungarian-Austrian Jewish composer; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lajos Wick
Lajos Wick (7 August 1892 – 21 January 1959) was a Hungarian rower. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ... with the men's coxed four where they were eliminated in the round one repechage. During the 1910s and 1920s, Wick won twelve national titles. References External links * 1892 births 1959 deaths Hungarian male rowers Olympic rowers for Hungary Rowers at the 1924 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists {{Hungary-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károly Jesze
Károly is a very common Hungarian male given name. It is also sometimes found as a Hungarian surname. The origin of this name is the Turkic Karul, which means hawk. Nowadays Károly is considered the equivalent of English Karl or Charles (because the Latin Carolus is very close to Károly).Fercsik Erzsébet – Raátz Judit: Keresztnevek enciklopédiája – Budapest 2009, Given names * Charles I of Hungary (1288–1342), in Hungarian Károly Róbert, King of Hungary and Croatia * Károly Aggházy (1855–1918), Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer * Károly Andrássy (1792–1845), Hungarian politician * Károly Bajkó (1944–1997), Hungarian Olympic wrestler * Károly Balzsay (born 1979), Hungarian boxer * Károly Bartha (Minister of Defence) (1884–1964), Hungarian colonel general and politician * Károly József Batthyány (1697–1772), Hungarian general, field marshal and ban (viceroy) of Croatia * Károly Binder (born 1956), Hungarian jazz pianist, composer and educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László Józsa
László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a history of being frequently anglicized as Leslie. It is the most common male name among the whole Hungarian male population since 2003.https://nyilvantarto.hu People with this name are listed below by field. Given name Science and mathematics * László Babai (b. 1950), Hungarian-born American mathematician and computer scientist * László Lovász (b. 1948), Hungarian mathematician * László Fejes Tóth (1915–2005), Hungarian mathematician * László Fuchs (b. 1924), Hungarian-American mathematician * László Rátz (1863–1930), influential Hungarian mathematics high school teacher * László Tisza (1907–2009), Professor of Physics Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology * László Mérő (b. 1949), Hungarian research psychologist an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Lecomte
Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "courage" or "ready, prepared" related to Old High German "to risk, venture." The name was adopted in Romance languages from its use in the Visigothic Kingdom. It is reconstructed as either Gothic or . It became popular in German-speaking Europe only from the 16th century, with Habsburg rule over Spain. Variants of the name include , , , and in Spanish, in Catalan, and and in Portuguese. The French forms are , ''Fernand'', and , and it is '' Ferdinando'' and in Italian. In Hungarian both and are used equally. The Dutch forms are and ''Ferry''. There are numerous short forms in many languages, such as the Finnish . There is a feminine Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form, . Royalty Aragón/León/Castile/Spain *Fer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Thiedemann
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heini Thoma
Heinrich Thoma (born 16 October 1900, date of death unknown) was a Swiss rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he won the bronze medal with his partner Rudolf Bosshard in the double scull A double scull is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars each, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly ... event. References External links profile 1900 births Year of death missing Swiss male rowers Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic rowers of Switzerland Rowers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
