Alfons Dorfner
Encyclopedia
Alfons Dorfner was an Austria
n canoeist
who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
.
He was born in Lembach im Mühlkreis
.
In 1936 he won the gold medal in the K-2 1000 metre competition with his partner Adolf Kainz
. They also competed in the folding K-2 10000 metre event
and finished fourth.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n canoeist
Canoeing
Canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....
who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
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He was born in Lembach im Mühlkreis
Lembach im Mühlkreis
Lembach im Mühlkreis is a municipality in the district of Rohrbach in Upper Austria, Austria....
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In 1936 he won the gold medal in the K-2 1000 metre competition with his partner Adolf Kainz
Adolf Kainz
Adolf Kainz was an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1930s. He won the gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin....
. They also competed in the folding K-2 10000 metre event
Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Canoeing was an official Olympic sport for the first time at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. It had been a demonstration sport twelve years earlier at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of nine events were contested at the 1936 Games, all in canoe sprint for men.The competitions were...
and finished fourth.