Personal information | |
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Full name | Johann Baptist Theodor Franz de Paula Philipp Maria von Gudenus |
Nationality | Austrian |
Born | Vestenötting, Austria-Hungary | 11 June 1908
Died | 10 February 1968 Vienna, Austria | (aged 59)
Sport | |
Sport | Bobsleigh |
Johann Baptist Theodor Gudenus or Johann Baptist, Graf von Gudenus (11 June 1908 – 10 February 1968) was an Austrian sprinter and bobsledder who competed in the 1930s.
Early life
Johann Baptist Theodor Franz de Paula Philipp Maria was born into the noble Gudenus family, as the younger son of Philipp Friedrich Gabriel Heinrich Maria, Graf von Gudenus (1877-1948) and his wife, Angela Hardt (1880-1973). His paternal grandparents were Count Heinrich Johann Baptist Ghislain von Gudenus (1839-1915) and Countess Ernestine of Thun und Hohenstein (1853-1910).[1]
Career
At the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, he finished 12th and last in the two-man event. Four years later he finished 13th in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Competing at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he was eliminated in the first round of the 400 metres competition.
Personal life
On 26 June 1939 he was married to Karin Giaver (1905-1980). They had one son and one daughter:
- John, Graf von Gudenus (1940-2016); Austrian politician and father of:
- Johann Baptist Björn, Graf von Gudenus (b. 1976); Austrian politician involved in the "Ibiza affair"
- Sigrid Elisabeth Angela, Gräfin von Gudenus (b. 1943), married to Alexander Roth-Pollack-Parnau (b. 1935) [2]
See also
References
External links
Johann Baptist Gudenus at Olympedia (archive)
- 1908 births
- 1968 deaths
- Austrian male bobsledders
- Austrian male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Austria
- Olympic bobsledders for Austria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- 20th-century Austrian sportsmen
- Austrian bobsleigh biography stubs
- Austrian athletics biography stubs