Martin Rohleder Explained
| John Martin Robert Rohleder[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Bucklow, England[2] |
| Death Place: | War Memorial Hospital, Wrexham, Wales |
| Sport: | Kayaking |
| Event: | Folding kayak |
| Headercolor: | lightsteelblue |
Martin Rohleder (1943 – 3 November 1963) was a British retired slalom canoeist who competed in the early-to-mid 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the folding K-1 team event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Spittal.[3] Rohleder was from Altrincham.[4]
Rohleder died in an accident on 3 November 1963, aged 20.[5] A memorial trophy in his name was inaugurated the following year.[6]
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Notes and References
- Web site: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 . Ancestry . 11 December 2022.
- Web site: Birth registration . FreeBMD . 11 December 2022.
- Web site: Overview of athlete's results. CanoeSlalom.net . 31 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140502053320/http://www.canoeslalom.net/int/index/index_82.html#3775 . 2 May 2014 .
- News: CANOEISTS AT SEA . The North Wales Weekly News . 16 May 1957.
- News: ROHLEDER . 11 December 2022 . The Guardian . 6 November 1963.
- News: On The Sporting Scene . 11 December 2022 . The Chester Chronicle . 29 September 1967.
