Hugo Strauß

Hugo Strauß
Personal information
Born 25 June 1907
Mannheim
Died 1 November 1941(1941-11-01) (aged 34)
Golodayeva, Sverdlovsk, Russia
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Mannheimer RC
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Nazi Germany
Olympic Games
1936 BerlinCoxless pair

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

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,[1] it was also the only time he was in the Olympics. Also in 1936 Germany went on to win the Olympics that year.[2] He was killed during WWII while serving on the Eastern Front.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2007.
  2. ↑ "A Map of Olympic Medals - Interactive Graphic". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "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. Retrieved 8 May 2018.


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