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Adolf Kainz

1903 - 1948

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Adolf "Adi" Kainz (5 June 1903, in Linz – 12 July 1948) was an Austrian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He won the gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Kainz also won a bronze medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm though he competed under Germany because they had annexed Austria earlier that year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Kainz is the 327th most popular athlete (up from 796th in 2019), the 667th most popular biography from Austria (up from 916th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Adolf Kainz ranks 327 out of 6,025. Before him are Erik Almlöf, Carlo Pavesi, Edwin Flack, Ivanka Khristova, John Carlos, and Ivan Patzaichin. After him are Émile Grumiaux, Edward Marsh, John Akii-Bua, Márta Rudas, Gunnar Sköld, and Emerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Adolf Kainz ranks 170. Before him are Bix Beiderbecke, Guillermo Subiabre, Hans Hedtoft, Ivar Johansson, Louis Seigner, and Felice Bonetto. After him are Ferenc Nagy, Lili Kraus, Melvin Purvis, Fernando Paternoster, Joseph Cornell, and Germán Busch. Among people deceased in 1948, Adolf Kainz ranks 108. Before him are Charles Evans Hughes, Vicente Huidobro, Karl Valentin, Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, Monteiro Lobato, and Kan Kikuchi. After him are Richard Tauber, Kristine Bonnevie, Carole Landis, Lajos Bíró, Edgar Leonard, and Fred Niblo.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Adolf Kainz ranks 667 out of 1,424. Before him are Carl Moll (1861), Alexandru Vaida-Voevod (1872), Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1582), Josef Hickersberger (1948), Jan-Carl Raspe (1944), and Ulrich Seidl (1952). After him are Richard Tauber (1891), Fritz Muliar (1919), Heinz von Foerster (1911), Peter Habeler (1942), Guido Starhemberg (1657), and Victor Capesius (1907).

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Among ATHLETES In Austria

Among athletes born in Austria, Adolf Kainz ranks 4. Before him are Felix Baumgartner (1969), Otto Herschmann (1877), and Herma Bauma (1915). After him are Alfons Dorfner (1911), Eva Janko (1945), Klaus Dibiasi (1947), Hans Haas (1906), Josef Feistmantl (1939), Rupert Hollaus (1931), Fiorenzo Marini (1914), and Siegfried Purner (1915).

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