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Rowing At The 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's Eight
The men's eight (rowing), eight was a rowing (sport), rowing event held as part of the Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event. The competition was held from Wednesday to Friday, 17 to 19 July 1912. Ninety-nine rowers (11 boats) from eight nations competed. Nations were still permitted to have two boats each in the event. The event was won by the Leander Club of Great Britain, successfully defending their Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's eight, 1908 Olympic title. Silver also went to Great Britain, with their second boat from New College Boat Club. Germany earned its first medal in the men's eight with a bronze by the Berliner Ruder-Club, Berliner Ruderverein von 1876 (''Berlin rowing club of 1876''). According to the records of silver medallists New College, the final featured controversy as Leander's team acted outside convention over a coin toss, though this is not mentioned in the official record. Background ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
Djurgårdsbrunnsviken is a bay in central Stockholm, Sweden, together with the canal Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen forming the northern shore line of the island Djurgården (or more correctly between Northern Djurgården, Northern and Southern Djurgården). The bridge Djurgårdsbron stretches over the bay. ; Old names : ''Ladugårdsviken'' (17th-18th centuries), ''Surbrunnsviken'', ''Södra brunnsviken'' Historically known as a good fishing ground, Djurgårdsbrunnsviken, also known as the Bay of Sweden, is today popular for bathing in summer. The bay was used for the Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics, diving, Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics, swimming (including the part for the Modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics, modern pentathlon event), Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics, water polo and Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics, rowing competitions during the 1912 Summer Olympics, and during the Swedish championship 1930. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Landrock
Germany competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 185 competitors, 180 men and 5 women, took part in 69 events in 14 sports. Due to the political fallout from World War I, this was the country's last appearance until 1928. Medalists Gold * Paul Günther — Diving, Men's 3m Springboard * Albert Arnheiter, Hermann Wilker, Otto Fickeisen, Rudolf Fickeisen and Karl Leister — Rowing, Men's coxed fours * Walter Bathe — Swimming, Men's 200m breaststroke * Walter Bathe — Swimming, Men's 400m breaststroke * Dorothea Köring and Heinrich Schomburgk — Tennis, Mixed doubles outdoor Silver * Hanns Braun — Athletics, Men's 400m * Hans Liesche — Athletics, Men's high jump * Albert Zürner — Diving, Men's 10m Platform * Hans Luber — Diving, Men's 3m Springboard * Friedrich von Rochow — Equestrian, Individual eventing * Friedrich von Rochow, Richard Graf von Schaesberg-Tannheim, Eduard von Lütcken and Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Ward (bacteriologist)
Hugh Kingsley Ward MC (17 September 1887 – 22 November 1972) was an Australian bacteriologist. He was Bosch Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Sydney from 1935 to 1952. He was an Australian national champion rower who competed for Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Personal Ward was born at Petersham, New South Wales on 17 September 1887. His father Frederick was editor of the '' Sydney Mail'' and then ''The Daily Telegraph''. Ward was the youngest of eight children. In May 1927, he married librarian Constance Isabella Docker. She was the daughter of NSW District Court judge Ernest Brougham Docker. Ward and his wife had a son and daughter. He died in Sydney Hospital on 22 November 1972. Education Ward attended Sydney Grammar School. In 1910, he graduated from the University of Sydney with Bachelor of Medicine. In 1911, he awarded a Rhodes Scholarship at New College, Oxford. In 1913, he graduated with diplomas in anthropology and public health. Rowing In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Fraser (Australian Sportsman)
Simon Fraser Jr. (25 August 1886 – 11 May 1919) was an Australian sportsman who was an Olympic rower and played high-level Australian rules football. In football he played with Essendon and University in the Victorian Football League (VFL). As a rower he represented Australia at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and was a member of the first Australian eight to win the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. In ice hockey he played for the Beavers Ice Hockey Club, one of the four founding teams in the newly founded Victorian Amateur Ice Hockey Association. Early life and sporting success Fraser was the eldest son of the pastoralist and politician Sir Simon Fraser (1832–1919) and his second wife Anne ( Collins). His youngest brother Neville's son was Malcolm Fraser, who went on to become prime minister of Australia. He was educated at the Melbourne Grammar School, where he was a successful athlete, cricketer, footballer, and rower, being stroke of the first XIII in 1905 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ryrie
John Augustus George Ryrie (21 December 1886 – 1 June 1927) was a two-time Australian national champion rower who represented Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Jack Ryrie's father was John Cassels Ryrie, a pastoralist from Trangie in central northern New South Wales. Jack was educated at The King's School in Sydney, where he distinguished himself in his studies and the sporting fields of cricket, rowing, and football. His senior club rowing was from the Sydney Rowing Club. He was a member of the New South Wales eight, which won the 1908 Australian Interstate Championship, the first time in 15 years his state had won the title. He repeated this feat in 1911, rowing in the bow of the victorious New South Wales eight. The following year, Ryrie was a member of the Australasian eight which represented at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. In the first round they beat a Swedish boat by two lengths, but in the next round they were up against the Leande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Elichagaray
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher * François Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Ducks * François Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos * François Bonlieu (1937–1973), French alpine skier * François Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver * François Chau (born 1959), Cambodian American actor * François Clemmons (born 1945), American singer and actor * François Corbier (1944–2018), French television presenter and songwriter * François Coty (1874–1934), French perfumer * François Coulomb the Elder (1654–1717), French naval architect * François Coulomb the Younger (1691–1751), French naval architect * François Couperin (1668–17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Alvarez
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא (''Kefa),'' the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint Peter. Pierre is also found as a surname. People with the given name * Monsieur Pierre, Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (c. 1890–1963), French ballroom dancer and dance teacher * Pierre (footballer), Lucas Pierre Santos Oliveira (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Pierre, Baron of Beauvau (c. 1380–1453) * Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre (1845–1919) * Pierre, marquis de Fayet (died 1737), French naval commander and Governor General of Saint-Domingue * Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), father of Rainier III of Monaco * Pierre Affre (1590–1669), French sculptor * Pierre Agostini, French physicist * Pier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Lesbats
Étienne, a French analog of Stephen or Steven, is a masculine given name. An archaic variant of the name, prevalent up to the mid-17th century, is Estienne. Étienne, Etienne, Ettiene or Ettienne may refer to: People Artists and entertainers *Etienne Aigner (1904–2000), Hungarian-born German fashion designer *Étienne Chatiliez (born 1952), French film director *Étienne de Crécy (born 1969), French electronic music producer and DJ *Étienne Daho (born 1956), French singer, songwriter and record producer *Etienne Debel (1931–1993), Belgian actor and director *Étienne Doirat (c. 1675–1732), French furniture designer. *Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716–1791), French Rococo sculptor *Etienne Girardot (1856–1939), Anglo-French actor *Étienne Jodelle, seigneur de Limodin (1532–1573), French dramatist and poet *Étienne Loulié (1654–1702), French musician, pedagogue and musical theorist *Étienne Méhul (1763–1817), French composer *Étienne Moulinié (1599–1676), F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Campot
Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish (''Kurdî''), the name is , Persian, the name is , and in Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled ''Esaf'' (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled ''Ousep'' (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil, it is spelled as ''Yosepu'' (யோசேப்பு). The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Elichagaray
Jean Baptiste Pierre Eugène Elichagaray (3 September 1886 – 8 June 1987) was a French rower who competed in the men's eight event at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. A member of the ''Société Nautique de Bayonne'', he was eliminated in the opening heats alongside Jean Arné, Gabriel St. Laurent, Marius Lejeune, Louis Lafitte, Joseph Campot, Étienne Lesbats, Pierre Alvarez, and François Elichagaray. He was born and died in Bayonne, France. See also * List of centenarians (sportspeople) The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as sportspeople — known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians. Notes References {{Longevity Lists of cente ... References External links * * 1886 births 1987 deaths French male rowers Rowers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for France French men centenarians 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius Lejeune
Marius Lejeune (2 November 1882 – 5 September 1949) was a French rower. Lejeune won medals with the men's eight at the 1908 and 1909 European Rowing Championships. He also competed in the men's eight event at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he .... References External links * * 1882 births 1949 deaths French male rowers Olympic rowers for France Rowers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Amiens European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Arné
Jean Baptiste Pierre Arné (26 February 1891 – 6 May 1917) was a French rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to .... References External links * * 1891 births 1917 deaths French male rowers Olympic rowers for France Rowers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bayonne French military personnel killed in World War I 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
