Hans Maier (rower)

Hans Maier

Personal information
Birth name	Johann Adolf Friedrich Maier
Born	13 June 1909 Mannheim, Germany
Died	6 March 1943(1943-03-06) (aged 33) Mareth, Tunisia
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	MRV Amicitia
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Nazi Germany Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Coxed four 1932 Los Angeles Coxless four

Johann Adolf Friedrich Maier (13 June 1909 – 6 March 1943) was a German rower who competed in three Olympic games from 1928 to 1936. In Los Angeles, he won a silver medal, along with Karl Aletter, Walter Flinsch and Ernst Gaber in the coxless four. In Berlin, he won a gold medal, along with Paul Söllner, Walter Volle, Fritz Bauer and Ernst Gaber in the coxed four. He was killed during World War II while serving in North Africa.^[1][2]

Gustav Maier was his elder brother with whom he had competed in the 1928 Olympics.^[3]

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