Gregor Hradetzky (31 January 1909 – 29 December 1984) 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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and

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builder who competed in the late 1930s. He was born in

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and died in

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. At the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-s ...

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, he won the gold medal in the K-1 1000 metre competition as well as in the folding K-1 10000 metres event. He is only one of two Austrians ever who won two Olympic gold medals in the same Summer Olympic Games (the other is

Julius Lenhart Julius Lenhart (November 27, 1875 in Vienna – November 10, 1962 in Vienna) was an Austrian gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals and one silver medal, making him the most successful Austrian competitor ever at ...

). Hradetzky also won a bronze in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm representing Germany.

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* *Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Kayak Singles 1000 Meters". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 471. 1909 births 1984 deaths Austrian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Austria Olympic gold medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics People from Krems an der Donau Sportspeople from Lower Austria {{Austria-canoe-bio-stub