Hans Haas (17 October 1906 – 14 May 1973) was an
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
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weightlifter
Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...
who competed in the
1928 Summer Olympics and in the
1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in
Vienna
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In 1926, he became Austrian champion for the first time and in 1928 he won the gold medal in the lightweight class. Four years later at the 1932 Games he won the silver medal in the lightweight class. Dr. George Eisen of
Nazareth College included Haas on his list of Jewish Olympic Medalists.
[Eisen, George]
"Jewish Olympic Medalists"
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame ( he, יד לאיש הספורט היהודי, translit=Yad Le'ish HaSport HaYehudi) was opened July 7, 1981 in Netanya, Israel. It honors Jewish athletes and their accomplishments from anywhere arou ...
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See also
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List of select Jewish weightlifters
References
External links
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1906 births
1973 deaths
Austrian male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters of Austria
Weightlifters at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Austria
Olympic silver medalists for Austria
World record setters in weightlifting
Sportspeople from Vienna
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
20th-century Austrian people
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