Rowing At The 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's Double Sculls
The men's double sculls competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl .... The event was held from 23 to 27 November. Heats The winner in each heat qualified for the finals. The others must compete in the repechage. Heat 1 Heat 2 First repechage The winner in each heat qualified for the finals. Heat 1 Heat 2 Final References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Men's double sculls Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Meilahti
Meilahti (in Swedish Mejlans) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki between Mannerheimintie (the main entrance road to Helsinki) and a bay named Seurasaarenselkä. Most of the houses in Meilahti were built in the 1930s and 1940s. Meilahti is home to over 6700 people. Meilahti is the location of Mäntyniemi, official residence of the President of Finland, as well as Kesäranta, the official residence of Prime Minister of Finland. Near Mäntyniemi is the former presidential residence, Tamminiemi, which is today a museum dedicated to president Urho Kekkonen. Several hospitals are located in this district, including the Meilahti Hospital of the Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH). Neighbourhoods surrounding Meilahti are Töölö, Munkkiniemi, Ruskeasuo, Pikku Huopalahti and Laakso. For the 1952 Summer Olympics, the neighborhood hosted the rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and g ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Albert Krajmer
Albert Krajmer (23 April 1933 – 10 February 2014) was a Slovak rower who competed for Czechoslovakia. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ... with the men's double sculls where they were eliminated in the round one repêchage. References External links * * * 1933 births 2014 deaths Czechoslovak male rowers Slovak male rowers Olympic rowers for Czechoslovakia Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics People from Nové Zámky District Sportspeople from the Nitra Region European Rowing Championships medalists {{Czechoslovakia-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kurt Hipper
Kurt Hipper (8 November 1932 – 10 February 2009) was a West German rower who represented the United Team of Germany. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with the men's double sculls where they came fourth. He later emigrated to South Africa and was the country's representative of the International Rowing Federation World Rowing, also known as the World Rowing Federation (officially FISA; ), is the international governing body for rowing. Its current president is Jean-Christophe Rolland who succeeded Denis Oswald at a ceremony held in Lucerne in July 2 ... (FISA). References 1932 births 2009 deaths West German male rowers Olympic rowers for the United Team of Germany Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Rowers from Zurich European Rowing Championships medalists {{Germany-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thomas Schneider (rower)
Thomas Schneider (born 30 March 1932) is a West German rower who represented the United Team of Germany. Together with Gerhard Häge, he won the first European medal for the once dominant rowing nation after World War II. Schneider was born in 1932 and rowed for Gießener RG 1877 in Giessen. Rowing trainer Ludwig Marquardt enticed him to team up with Häge from the Ruderverein "Neptun" in Konstanz. The scullers won a regatta in Hanover, a three-nation contest in Klagenfurt, and then the German national championships in Hanover. This qualified them for the 1954 European Rowing Championships, held shortly after in Amsterdam, where they won gold in the double sculls. This was the first medal for Germany after the war and was thus the reason for much celebration for the once dominant rowing nation. In December 1954, Häge and Schneider received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt, Germany's highest sports award, from the nation's Chancellor Theodor Heuss. At the 1955 German national champio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Henri Steenacker
Henri Steenacker (22 April 1926 – 25 August 1993) was a Belgian rower. He competed in the single sculls at the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the double sculls at the 1956 Summer Olympics, together with his brother Fernand, but failed to reach the final on both occasions. Steenacker won a bronze medal in the double sculls at the 1957 European Championships, together with Gérard Higny Gérard Higny (20 August 1931 – 7 February 1997) was a Belgian rower. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the double sculls event, with Jean-Marie Lemaire and Michel De Meulemeester Michel Theodoor de Meulemeester (21 .... Steenacker died aged 67 in a cycling accident. References 1926 births 1993 deaths Belgian male rowers Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Belgium European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fernand Steenacker
Fernand Steenacker (26 February 1931 – 26 March 2018)Fernand Steenacker's obituary was a Belgian rower. Together with his brother he competed in s at the 1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Austr ...
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Paulo Carvalho (rower)
Paulo Carvalho (born 13 March 1935) is a Uruguayan rower. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics. He medaled in the 1959 Pan American Games The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th .... References 1935 births Living people Uruguayan male rowers Olympic rowers for Uruguay Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Salto, Uruguay Pan American Games silver medalists in rowing Pan American Games bronze medalists in rowing Pan American Games silver medalists for Uruguay Pan American Games bronze medalists for Uruguay Rowers at the 1959 Pan American Games 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Miguel Seijas
Miguel Ángel Seijas Cuestas (born 20 May 1930) is a retired rower from Uruguay who represented his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he won the bronze medal with Juan Rodríguez in the men's doubles sculls event. Seijas also competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December .... He was born in Montevideo. References databaseOlympics 1930 births Living people Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Uruguay Olympic bronze medalists for Uruguay Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in rowing Uruguayan male rowers Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bill Rand
William Henry Rand (29 December 1935 – 26 August 2023) was a British rower. He competed in the men's double sculls event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. In 1956 Rand won the Double Sculls Challenge Cup with his brother Sidney Rand at the Henley Royal Regatta Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a Rowing (sport), rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It diffe .... References 1935 births 2023 deaths British male rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing {{UK-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sidney Rand (rower)
Sidney Charles Rand (17 August 1934 – 25 December 2008) was an English rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 189 competitors, 163 men and 26 women, took part in ... and at Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics, the 1960 Summer Olympics. He won the Wingfield Sculls in 1954 and the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1956. Life and sport Rand was born in Tottenham, the eldest of three children. He and his brother Willy were evacuated during the Second World War to 44 Irthlingborough Road, Finedon, Northants. After the war the family returned to Tottenham and Rand attended Down Lane School. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ballarat
Ballarat ( ) () is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Ballarat had a population of 111,973, making it the third-largest urban inland city in Australia and the third-largest city in Victoria. Within months of Victoria separating from the colony of New South Wales in 1851, gold was discovered near Ballarat, sparking the Victorian gold rush. Ballarat subsequently became a thriving boomtown that for a time rivalled Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, in terms of wealth and cultural influence. In 1854, following a period of civil disobedience in Ballarat over gold licenses, local miners launched an armed uprising against government forces. Known as the Eureka Rebellion, it led to the introduction of white male suffrage in Australia, and as such is interpreted as the origin of Australian democracy. The rebellion's symbol, the Eureka Flag, has become a national symbol. Proclaimed a city on 9 September 1870, Ballarat's prosperity, unlik ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |