Josef Hasenöhrl | |
Birth Date: | 5 May 1915 |
Birth Place: | Vienna |
Death Place: | Luxembourg |
Sport: | Rowing |
Club: | RV Ellida |
Josef Hasenöhrl (5 May 1915 – 13 March 1945 in Schöndorf (an der Ruwer)) was an Austrian rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action in World War II.
Hasenöhrl was a sculler with Ruderverein Ellida, Vienna. In 1936 he won the silver medal in the single sculls competition rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1] In 1937 he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta beating J F Coulson in the final.[2] His coach was Tom Sullivan.[3]
Hasenöhrl was serving as a lieutenant with the Wehrmacht when he lost his life on the Western Front (World War II) at the end of the Second World War.[4]
He is buried at Sandweiler (Block P, Grab 214).[5]