Hans Potthof Explained

Hans Potthof (January 24, 1911  - March 29, 2003) was a Swiss painter as well as a sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s.

Potthof completed in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the heats.[1]

He later was a painter and graphic artist; he painted landscapes and figures, and created drawings, lithographs, murals, mosaics and stained glass. His mural on the Katastrophenbucht, created in the 1970s, was remarkable: the painting existed until 1998.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20090106092240/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/hans-botthof-1.html Hans Potthof's profile at Sports Reference.com
  2. cis: Offizielle Einweihung der Wandmalereien unter der Vorstadtbrücke: Vernissage für 55 junge Künstler. In: Zuger Nachrichten, 7 July 1995.