Hans Haas
Hans Haas in 1928 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 October 1906 Vienna, Austria | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 May 1973 (aged 66) Vienna, Austria | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
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Hans Haas (17 October 1906 – 14 May 1973) was an Austrian Jewish weightlifter who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics. He was born in Vienna.
In 1926, he became the Austrian champion for the first time and then in 1928 he won the Olympic gold medal in the lightweight class. Four years later at the 1932 Olympic Games he won the silver medal in the lightweight class. Dr. George Eisen of Nazareth College included Haas on his list of Jewish Olympic Medalists.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Eisen, George. "Jewish Olympic Medalists" Archived 2019-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Accessed February 2, 2011.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hans Haas.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hans Haas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- "Hans Haas - ein spannendes Finale in Amsterdam 1928" (in German). Austrian Olympic Committee.