Josef Hasenöhrl

{{short description|Austrian rower}}

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| birth_date = 5 May 1915

| birth_place = Vienna

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| sport = Rowing

| club = RV Ellida

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{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry| {{AUT}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver| 1936 Berlin|Single sculls}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Rowing Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 1935 Berlin | Single sculls }}

{{MedalSilver | 1937 Amsterdam | Single sculls }}

{{MedalGold | 1938 Milan | Single sculls }}

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Josef Hasenöhrl (5 May 1915 – 13 March 1945 in Schöndorf (an der Ruwer)) was an Austrian rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action in World War II.

Hasenöhrl was a sculler with Ruderverein Ellida, Vienna. In 1936 he won the silver medal in the single sculls competition rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{Cite sports-reference |title=Josef Hasenöhrl |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/josef-hasenohrl-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002442/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/josef-hasenohrl-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=25 April 2018 }} In 1937 he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta beating J F Coulson in the final.[http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1839-1939.htm Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839–1939] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309113109/http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1839-1939.htm |date=9 March 2012 }} His coach was Tom Sullivan.{{cite news |title=Sullivan in London |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19381228.2.96 |work=Otago Daily Times |issue=23693 |date=28 December 1938 |page=9 |accessdate=30 June 2018}}

Hasenöhrl was serving as a lieutenant with the Wehrmacht when he lost his life on the Western Front (World War II) at the end of the Second World War.{{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 |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=24 July 2018 }}

He is buried at Sandweiler (Block P, Grab 214).{{cite web |title=Josef Hasenöhrl |publisher=Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge|url=https://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche/detailansicht.html?tx_igverlustsuche_pi2%5Bgid%5D=3738de1c3634315cb036d97e8aa5b572&cHash=57e5086836f5e1e0a98afc322cb02595}}