Hans Maier (rower)

{{Short description|German rower (1909–1943)}}

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| birth_name = Johann Adolf Friedrich Maier

| birth_date = 13 June 1909

| birth_place = Mannheim, German Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|3|6|1909|6|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Mareth, Tunisia

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| sport = Rowing

| club = MRV Amicitia

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{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold| 1936 Berlin | Coxed four}}

{{MedalSilver| 1932 Los Angeles | Coxless four}}

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Johann Adolf Friedrich Maier (13 June 1909 – 6 March 1943) was a German rower who competed in three Olympic games from 1928 to 1936. In Los Angeles, he won a silver medal, along with Karl Aletter, Walter Flinsch and Ernst Gaber in the coxless four. In Berlin, he won a gold medal, along with Paul Söllner, Walter Volle, Fritz Bauer and Ernst Gaber in the coxed four. He was killed during World War II while serving in North Africa.{{Cite sports-reference|title = Hans Maier|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/hans-maier-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417184655/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/hans-maier-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 10 May 2018}}{{cite web|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|title = Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War|access-date = 24 July 2018|work = Sports Reference}} Gustav Maier was his elder brother with whom he had competed in the 1928 Olympics.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Gustav Maier |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/gustav-maier-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221208/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/gustav-maier-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 10 May 2018 }}