Austrian architect Alfred Rinesch won the silver medal at the 1948 London Olympics in the Art Competitions, in the Architecture, Architectural Design category, with his work Model “Water Sport Centre on the Wörthersee, Carinthia”. It is described as follows: “The Carinthia Watersport Center on Wörthersee - located on a peninsula - conveniently combines port and mooring facilities for all kinds of boats with various bathing beaches and swimming pools and a generous gently curved open and covered promenade.” Rinesch studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1936-39. In 1956-58 he built the Heilandskirche in Pörtschach on the Wörthersee. He was married to Countess Maria Magdalena Franziska Hoyos Freiin zu Stichsenstein (1913-?).
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