About Josef Hasenöhrl
Lived 1915 – 1945 (aged 29). Josef Hasenöhrl was an Austrian soldier and rower.
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. In 1937 he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta beating J F Coulson in the final. His coach was Tom Sullivan.
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.
He is buried at Sandweiler (Block P, Grab 214).
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Who was Josef Hasenöhrl?
Austrian rower (1915–1945)
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Josef Hasenöhrl was born on 5 May 1915 in Vienna.
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Josef Hasenöhrl died on 13 March 1945 in Luxembourg, Schöndorf.
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Josef Hasenöhrl was a soldier and rower.
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Josef Hasenöhrl was Austrian.
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