Rudi Eckstein

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameRudolf "Rudi"•Eckstein
Used nameRudi•Eckstein
Born1 January 1915
Died25 May 1993 (aged 78 years 4 months 24 days)
AffiliationsWürzburger RV Bayern, Würzburg (GER)
NOC Germany
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

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.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Rowing GER Rudi Eckstein
Coxless Fours, Men (Olympic) Germany 1 Gold

Olympic Records

Records may have been broken subsequently during the same competition.
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