Rowing At The 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's Double Sculls
The men's double sculls competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place are at Grünau (Berlin), Grünau on the Langer See. Schedule Results Heats First boat of each heat qualified to the final, remainder goes to the semifinal. Heat 1 Heat 2 Semifinal First two qualify to the final. Heat 1 Heat 2 Final References External links Official Olympic Report
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Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford, CBE (1 January 1899 – 3 December 1977), born Jack Beresford-Wiszniewski, was a British rower who won five medals at five Olympic Games in succession. This record in Olympic rowing was not matched until 2000 when Sir Steve Redgrave won his sixth Olympic medal at his fifth Olympic Games. Early life Jack Beresford was the son of Julius Beresford. The family name was Wisniewski but his father dropped the name after Beresford was born. Julius Beresford was also a rower who won an Olympic silver medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics as well as winning several times at Henley. Jack was educated at Bedford School where he stroked the eight and also captained the rugby football XV. During the First World War he served in the Liverpool Scottish Regiment and was wounded in the leg in France. He returned to London and learned the craft of furniture-making for Beresford & Hicks in his father's factory. He took up sculling because the leg wound put a ...
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