Personal information | |
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Full name | Ernst Octavianus Moltzer |
Nationality | Dutch |
Born | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1 May 1910
Died | 15 November 1941 31) North Sea | (aged
Sailing career | |
Class | 6 Metre |
Updated on 2014-01-04. |
Ernst Octavianus Moltzer (1 May 1910 – 15 November 1941) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country as at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Kiel. Ernst, as crew member on the Dutch 6 Metre De Ruyter, took the 8th place with helmsman Joop Carp and fellow crew members: Ansco Dokkum, Kees Jonker and Herman Looman.
Personal life
Ernst Moltzer married in 1939 with countess Gertrude Anna Luise Therese Thusnelde von Sarnthein from Austria. He worked as a director of Lucas Bols. Moltzer was during World War II a 'Engelandvaarder' who died on the North Sea while trying to escape to England.[1] His death certificate, dated 12 January 1951, states the date of death as 15 November 1941.
References
- ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
Sources
- "Ernst Moltzer Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- "The XITH Olympic Games Berlin, 1936: Officiel Report, Volume I" (PDF). Berlin: the Organisationskomitee für die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 e. V. 1936. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- "The XITH Olympic Games Berlin, 1936: Officiel Report, Volume II" (PDF). Berlin: the Organisationskomitee für die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 e. V. 1936. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- "Biografie Ernst Octavianus Moltzer" (in Dutch). De geschiedenis van het Humanitarisme in Nederland. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
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