Hans Walter
{{short description|Swiss rower}}
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| birth_date = 9 August 1889
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1967|1|14|1889|8|9|df=y}}
| death_place = Stansstad, Switzerland
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| sport = Rowing
| club = Grasshopper Club Zürich
RC Lausanne
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{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}
{{MedalCountry| {{SUI}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalGold| 1920 Antwerp|Coxed four}}
{{MedalGold| 1924 Paris|Coxed four}}
{{MedalBronze| 1924 Paris|Coxless four}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Rowing Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 1911 Como | Coxed four }}
{{MedalSilver | 1911 Como | Eight }}
{{MedalSilver | 1912 Geneva | Double scull }}
{{MedalGold | 1912 Geneva | Coxed four }}
{{MedalGold | 1912 Geneva | Eight }}
{{MedalGold | 1913 Ghent | Coxed four }}
{{MedalSilver | 1913 Ghent | Eight }}
{{MedalGold | 1920 Mâcon | Coxed four }}
{{MedalGold | 1920 Mâcon | Eight }}
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Hans Walter (9 August 1889 – 14 January 1967) was a Swiss rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39831 |title=Hans Walter |work=Olympedia |access-date=28 August 2021}}
In 1920 he was part of the Swiss boat, which won the gold medal in the coxed four event. He was also a member of the Swiss eights which was eliminated in the first round of the eight competition. Four years later he won the gold medal as part of the Swiss boat in the coxed fours competition again. He also competed with the Swiss team in the coxless fours event and won the bronze medal.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Hans Walter |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/hans-walter-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185119/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/hans-walter-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 15 July 2018 }}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070301052310/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WALTEHAN01 Hans Walter at databaseOlympics.com]
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Category:Olympic rowers for Switzerland
Category:Rowers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:Rowers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Category:Olympic medalists in rowing
Category:Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Category:European Rowing Championships medalists
Category:20th-century Swiss sportsmen
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