Johann Baptist Theodor Gudenus or Johann Baptist, Graf von Gudenus (11 June 1908 – 10 February 1968) was an
Austria
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n
sprinter and
bobsled
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der who competed in the 1930s.
Early life
Johann Baptist Theodor Franz de Paula Philipp Maria was born into the noble
Gudenus family, as the younger son of Philipp Friedrich Gabriel Heinrich Maria, Graf von Gudenus (1877-1948) and his wife, Angela Hardt (1880-1973). His paternal grandparents were Count Heinrich Johann Baptist Ghislain von Gudenus (1839-1915) and Countess Ernestine of
Thun und Hohenstein
The House of Thun und Hohenstein, also known as Thun-Hohenstein, belonged to the historical Austrian and Bohemian nobility. There is one princely and several comital branches of the family. The princely branch of the family lived at Děčín (Te ...
(1853-1910).
Career
At the
1932 Winter Olympics
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in
Lake Placid, New York
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The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, southwest of Plattsburg ...
, he finished 12th and last in the
two-man event. Four years later he finished 13th in the
four-man event at the
1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...
.
Competing at the
1936 Summer Olympics in
Berlin
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, he was eliminated in the first round of the
400 metres competition.
Personal life
On 26 June 1939 he was married to Karin Giaver (1905-1980). They had one son and one daughter:
*
John, Graf von Gudenus (1940-2016); Austrian politician and father of:
**
Johann Baptist Björn, Graf von Gudenus (b. 1976); Austrian politician involved in the "
Ibiza affair
The Ibiza affair (german: Ibiza-Affäre), also known as Ibiza-gate, was a political scandal in Austria involving Heinz-Christian Strache, the former vice chancellor of Austria and leader of the Freedom Party (FPÖ), and Johann Gudenus, a deput ...
"
* Sigrid Elisabeth Angela, Gräfin von Gudenus (b. 1943), married to Alexander Roth-Pollack-Parnau (b. 1935)
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See also
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References
profile
1908 births
1968 deaths
Austrian male bobsledders
Austrian male sprinters
Olympic athletes for Austria
Olympic bobsledders for Austria
Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1932 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics
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