Melchior Bürgin
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Born | 17 October 1943 (1943-10-17) (age 80) Eptingen, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Grasshopper Club Zürich | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melchior Rudolf Bürgin (born 17 October 1943) is a former Swiss rower who competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.
Bürgin partnered Martin Studach in the double sculls rowing for Switzerland at the 1964 Summer Olympics when they came fourth.[1] Over next three years, Bürgin and Studach dominated the double sculls scene. In 1965 they won the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta[2] and the European Championships. In 1966 they won the World Championships.[3] They won the European Championships and the double sculls at Henley again in 1967.[4] Bürgin and Studach rowed in the double sculls for Switzerland at the 1968 Summer Olympics, but at the altitude in Mexico Studach suffered a collapse through over-exertion in the heats.[5] Bürgin went two more rounds with substitute Hans Ruckstuhl.
Burgin won the double sculls at Henley again in 1969 partnering Denis Oswald. Bürgin competed for Switzerland at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the Single scull and reached the final to come sixth.
Burgin was a long-time employee of Stämpfli, a Swiss boat building company, and took over it in the 1980s when Alfred Stämpfli retired.[6]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Melchior Bürgin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946–2003 Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Rowinghistory.net. Retrieved on 7 November 2015.
- ^ World Championships Double Scull. Sports123.com. Retrieved on 7 November 2015.
- ^ Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier) Archived 25 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. sport-komplett.de
- ^ The Independent Rowing News Inc. (June 2007). Rowing News. The Independent Rowing News Inc. pp. 31–. ISSN 1548-694X.
- ^ The History of Stampfli. Stampfli.co.uk. Retrieved on 7 November 2015.
External links
- Melchior Bürgin at World Rowing
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- 1962:
(René Duhamel, Bernard Monnereau)
- 1966:
(Melchior Bürgin, Martin Studach)
- 1970:
(Jørgen Engelbrecht, Niels Henry Secher)
- 1974:
(Christof Kreuziger, Uli Schmied)
- 1975:
(Alf Hansen, Frank Hansen)
- 1977:
(Chris Baillieu, Michael Hart)
- 1978:
(Frank Hansen, Alf Hansen)
- 1979:
(Alf Hansen, Frank Hansen)
- 1981:
(Klaus Kröppelien, Joachim Dreifke)
- 1982:
(Rolf Thorsen, Alf Hansen)
- 1983:
(Thomas Lange, Uwe Heppner)
- 1985:
(Thomas Lange, Uwe Heppner)
- 1986:
(Alberto Belgeri, Igor Pescialli)
- 1987:
(Daniel Yordanov, Vasil Radev)
- 1989:
(Rolf Thorsen, Lars Bjønness)
- 1990:
(Arnold Jonke, Christoph Zerbst)
- 1991:
(Nico Rienks, Henk-Jan Zwolle)
- 1993:
(Samuel Barathay, Yves Lamarque)
- 1994:
(Lars Bjønness, Rolf Thorsen)
- 1995:
(Lars Christensen, Martin Haldbo Hansen)
- 1997:
(Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert)
- 1998:
(Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert)
- 1999:
(Iztok Čop, Luka Špik)
- 2001:
(Ákos Haller, Tibor Pető)
- 2002:
(Ákos Haller, Tibor Pető)
- 2003:
(Sébastien Vieilledent, Adrien Hardy)
- 2005:
(Luka Špik, Iztok Čop)
- 2006:
(Jean-Baptiste Macquet, Adrien Hardy)
- 2007:
(Luka Špik, Iztok Čop)
- 2009:
(Eric Knittel, Stephan Krüger)
- 2010:
(Nathan Cohen, Joseph Sullivan)
- 2011:
(Nathan Cohen, Joseph Sullivan)
- 2013:
(Nils Jakob Hoff, Kjetil Borch)
- 2014:
(Martin Sinković, Valent Sinković)
- 2015:
(Martin Sinković, Valent Sinković)
- 2017:
(John Storey, Chris Harris)
- 2018:
(Hugo Boucheron, Matthieu Androdias)
- 2019:
(Zhang Liang, Liu Zhiyu)
- 2022:
(Hugo Boucheron, Matthieu Androdias)
- 2023:
(Melvin Twellaar, Stef Broenink)
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