Hans Eller

Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Germany
Olympic Games

Hans Eller (14 August 1910 – 4 April 1943) was a German rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, USA. In 1932 he won the gold medal as member of the German boat in the coxed fours competition.^[1]

Biography

Born as Johannes Eller on 10 August 1910 in Danzig-Oliva, his father was a naval captain and mother a home maker.

He studied in Grenoble, France and later gained a law degree from Berlin. He worked for "Wirtschaftsgruppe Elektroindustrie," and had clients such as Siemens, Mende, and Phillips, some of which he then defended against nationalization from the National Socialist government.

Eller married Hildegard Kluge in Dresden on 23 December 1939 and has a son (Hans-Peter M. Eller) born in Dresden on 22 March 1943. He was January 1940, and wounded in France. After recuperation Eller was sent to Russia, but declared missing 23 January 1943. The search division of the German Red Cross recently found from Russian records that he died in a camp near Starobelsk on 4 April 1943.^{[citation needed]}

He was a member of the Berliner Ruder Club and also participated successfully as crew member in fours in Henley Regattas.

He was killed in action during World War II.^[2]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hans Eller". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.