Henry Hauenstein

Henry Hauenstein
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born (1881-05-03)3 May 1881
Died Dec 1940
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Leichhardt Rowing Club
Achievements and titles
National finals Interstate C'ship M8+ 1907-11

Henry Denis Hauenstein, MM (3 May 1881 – December 1940)[1] was a three-time Australian national champion rower who competed for Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He participated in the men's eight.[2] He was a member of the AIF crew which won 1919 Peace Regatta and brought the King's Cup to Australia.

Rowing career

Hauenstein was a policeman and a member of Leichhardt Rowing Club. He was the club's first eight-oared representative and rowed in the New South Wales men's eight at the Interstate Regatta for five consecutive years from 1907 to 1911.[3] Those New South Wales crews were victorious in 1908, 1910 and 1911.[3]

In 1912 he was a member of the Australian men's eight which racing as a Sydney Rowing Club entrant, won the Grand Challenge Cup on the River Thames at the Henley Royal Regatta. The eight then moved to Stockholm for the 1912 Summer Olympics, where after beating a Swedish eight in the first round[4] they were beaten by a Great British crew in the second round - the same Leander eight they had beaten at Henley a few weeks earlier.[5] [6]

Military service

In 1915, he enlisted with the AIF 2nd Bttn in their 12th reinforcement. His unit embarked on HMAT A7 Medic in December 1915. He saw service on the Western Front and rose to the rank of Lieutenant.[7] He was awarded the Military Medal.[8][9]

At war's end Hauenstein rowed at the 1919 Peace Regatta at Henley-on-Thames in when the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) crew won the King's Cup which in course, became the trophy for the men's eight event contested annually at the Australian Interstate Regatta.[3]

Hauenstein (backrow 4th from right) with the 1912 Aust Olympic VIII, incl reserves & selectors
Hauenstein standing right with the AIF #1 VIII at 1919 Henley Peace Regatta

References

  1. ↑ "Family notices". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 December 1940. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Henry Hauenstein". Sport Reference. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "History of Leichhardt Rowing Club". History of Australian rowing. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Rowing at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. ↑ 1912 Olympics at Guerin Foster
  6. ↑ "Rowing at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Coxed Eights Quarter-Finals". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Henry Hauenstein Service Record". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Coe, Bruce (2014). "Australasia's 1912 Olympians and the Great War". International Journal for the History of Sport. 31 (18): 2313–2325.
  9. ↑ "Rowing". The Referee. 26 December 1917. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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