Franz Held

Franz Held
Personal information
Born (1948-05-06) 6 May 1948
Passau
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Passauer RV

Franz Held (born 6 May 1948) is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Held was born in Passau.[1]

In 1968, Held and his partner, Günther Karl, finished twelfth in the coxless pair event.[1] He competed at the 1971 European Rowing Championships and won a bronze medal with the coxless four.[2] At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he was a crew member of the West German boat that won the bronze medal in the coxless four event.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Franz Held". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. "Franz Held". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2018.


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