Willi Bartholomae

Willi Bartholomae ( born January 31, 1885 in Krefeld, † unknown ) was a German rower who won an Olympic bronze medal with the aft along with his brother Fritz in 1912.

The brothers Bartholomae won in 1910 at the German Championship with the aft of Spindleruv fields rowing club, 1911, she finished third behind the boats from Stettin and the Berlin Rowing Club of 1876. 1912 she moved from Berlin -spindle box to Wannsee and joined the Berlin RV 1876 ​​. The new composite aft of the Berlin RV with Otto Liebing, Max Bröske, Max Vetter, Willi Bartholomae, Fritz Bartholomae, Werner Dehn, Rudolf Reichelt, Hans Matthiae and helmsman Kurt Runge won at the German Championship in front of the boat from Mainz, the boat from Berlin RC Sports Borussia gave up.

At the Olympic Games in 1912 on the Djurgårdsbrunnsviken in Stockholm two boats were in the KO system against each other. The aft of the Berlin RV of 1876 won in the first round of a Hungarian eighth. In the second round came together two Berlin boats, RV 1876 triumphed over the boat of sports Borussia. In the semifinals, the boat was defeated with Bartholomae the later Olympic champions from London's Leander Rowing Club. Since only three boats reached the semi-finals, the Germans were so Olympic bronze medalist.