Gregor Hradetzky

Gregor Hradetzky (31 January 1909 – 29 December 1984) was an Austrian canoeist and organ builder who competed in the late 1930s.

Gregor Hradetzky

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
	1936 Berlin	K-1 1000 m
	1936 Berlin	Folding K-1 10000 m
Representing  Germany
World Championships
	1938 Vaxholm	K-1 1000 m

He was born in Krems an der Donau and died in Bad Kleinkirchheim.

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he won the gold medal in the K-1 1000 metre competition as well as in the folding K-1 10000 metres event. He is only one of two Austrians ever who won two Olympic gold medals in the same Summer Olympic Games (the other is Julius Lenhart).

Hradetzky also won a bronze in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm representing Germany.[1]

References

1. "Medal Winners 1936-2007" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2016-08-25.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
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• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gregor Hradetzky". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-12-02.
• Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Kayak Singles 1000 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 471.