Willi Menne

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameWilhelm "Willi"•Menne
Used nameWilli•Menne
Born11 August 1910 in Würzburg, Bayern (GER)
Died27 March 1945 (aged 34 years 7 months 16 days) in Trenčín, Trenčín (SVK)
Measurements183 cm / 70 kg
AffiliationsWürzburger RV Bayern, Würzburg (GER)
NOC Germany
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

Willi Menne was a rower with the German gold medal-winning coxless fours at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He started rowing in coxed eights with Würzburger Ruderverein 1875, with whom he won the German Championship in 1933. From 1934-36 he won the national coxless fours title, and in 1934 and 1935 was the European Champion, also with the coxless fours. He was killed-in-action only a few days before the end of World War II, somewhere in Slovakia.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Rowing GER Willi Menne
Coxless Fours, Men (Olympic) Germany 1 Gold

Olympic Records

Records may have been broken subsequently during the same competition.
Games Date Sport Event Phase Mark Pos
1936 Summer Olympics 12 August 1936 Rowing Coxless Fours, Men Round One, Heat #1 6:22.5 1

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