Hugo Strauß

Hugo Strauß
Personal information
Born25 June 1907
Mannheim, German Empire
Died3 November 1941(1941-11-03) (aged 34)
Golodayeva, Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
Sport
SportRowing
ClubMannheimer RC
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Nazi Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1936 BerlinCoxless pair

Hugo Strauß (25 June 1907 – 3 November 1941) was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

In 1936 he won the gold medal with his partner Willi Eichhorn in the coxless pair competition. Strauß was 29 at the time he won,[2] it was also the only time he was in the Olympics. Also in 1936 Germany went on to win the Olympics that year.[3] He was killed during WWII while serving on the Eastern Front.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Hugo Strauß". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Hugo Strauß Olympic medals and stats". Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2007.
  3. ↑ "A Map of Olympic Medals - Interactive Graphic". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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