Alex Homberger

H. Alexander "Alex" Homberger ( born October 26, 1912 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, † April 15, 2007 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States) was a Swiss rower who won two Olympic medals in 1936.

The three brothers Alex, Hans Rudolf Homberger and started for the Rowing Club Zurich.

1934 was the European Championship held in Lucerne, Switzerland's coxless four with Hermann Betschart, Max Schuler, Alex Homberger and Karl Schmid finished second behind the German boat. 1935 at the European Championships in Berlin won the Swiss foursome with Hermann Betschart, Hans Homberger, Alex Homberger and Karl Schmid. The rear of the Swiss boat finished with the complete four second place behind Hungary.

On August 14, 1936, the finals of the rudder decisions were held at the Olympic Games 1936 on the regatta course Berlin- Grunau. At 14.30 clock was the start of the race in the four with coxswain, it won the German boat lead with eight seconds to the Swiss boat with Hermann Betschart, Hans and Alex Homberger, Karl Schmid and helmsman Rolf Spring, for its part, nine seconds ahead of the French had on the bronze medal. At 17:00 clock started the coxless four, here won the European Champion German boat from 1934 to the British. Betschart that Hombergers and Schmid erruderten the bronze medal. At 18.00 clock, the final was played in the aft finally, the Swiss four with coxswain Rolf Spring supplemented thereby Oskar Neuenschwander, Rudolf Homberger, Fritz Feldmann and Werner Schweizer. While all the other crews rested went to the start, the strongest Swiss had already completed two races, ten seconds behind the winning boat from the United States occupied the Swiss sixth and last place.

After Homberger had a degree in engineering in Zurich, he emigrated to the United States. After some time at the Michigan Steele Company, he founded his own production company in California. With his wife, he finally returned to Michigan and founded several arts foundations.