| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games | |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | |
| Full name | August Emil Rudolf "Rudi"•Eckstein | |
| Used name | Rudi•Eckstein | |
| Born | 1 January 1915 in Würzburg, Bayern |  GER |
| Died | 25 May 1993 (aged 78 years 4 months 24 days) in Traunstein, Bayern | GER |
| Affiliations | Würzburger RV Bayern — Würzburg, Bayern | GER |
| NOC | Germany | GER |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 1 |
| Silver | 0 |
| Bronze | 0 |
| Total | 1 |
Rudolf Eckstein was a rower with the German gold medal-winning coxless fours at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He started rowing in coxed eights with Würzburger Ruderverein 1875, with whom he won the German Championship in 1933. From 1934-36 he won the national coxless fours title, and then moved to Berlin to Ruderklub am Wannsee. Together with non-Olympian Heinrich Stelzer they won the German coxless pairs title in 1938-39, and in 1934 and 1935 he was a European champion with the coxless fours, and in 1938 with the coxless pairs.
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 Summer Olympics | Rowing | GER |
Rudi Eckstein | |||
| Coxless Fours, Men (Olympic) | Germany | 1 | Gold |
| Games | Date | Sport | Event | Phase | Mark | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 Summer Olympics | 12 August 1936 | Rowing | Coxless Fours, Men | Round One, Heat #1 | 6:22.5 | 1 |
