{ "id": "epjdk5eh7b", "slug": "alfred-probst", "title": "Alfred Probst", "updated": "2026-10-25", "topic_path": [ { "id": "play", "label": "Sports, games, and recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play" }, { "id": "play.individual", "label": "Individual sports and outdoor recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.individual" }, { "id": "play.individual.water", "label": "Water sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.individual.water" }, { "id": "play.individual.water.rowing.people", "label": "Rowers and coxswains", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.individual.water.rowing.people" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.weu.t1800.play.individual.water.rowing.people", "label": "Western Europe · 1800 to 1945: Rowers and coxswains", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1800.play.individual.water.rowing.people", "path": [ { "id": "geo.weu", "label": "Western Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1800", "label": "Western Europe · 1800 to 1945", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1800" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1800.play", "label": "Sports, games, and recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1800.play" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1800.play.individual", "label": "Individual sports and outdoor recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1800.play.individual" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1800.play.individual.water", "label": "Water sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1800.play.individual.water" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1800.play.individual.water.rowing.people", "label": "Rowers and coxswains", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1800.play.individual.water.rowing.people" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Alfred Probst (1894 to April 1958) was a Swiss rower for RC Lausanne who won gold in the coxed fours and bronze in the coxless fours at the 1924 Paris Olympics.", "snippet": "Alfred Probst (1894 to April 1958) was a Swiss rower for RC Lausanne who won gold in the coxed fours and bronze in the coxless fours at the 1924 Paris Olympics.", "node": "play.individual.water.rowing.people", "markdown": "# Alfred Probst\n\n**Alfred Probst** (full name Alfred Probst-Lanz; 1894 – April 1958) was a Swiss rower who won two medals at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, a gold medal in the men's coxed fours and a bronze medal in the men's coxless fours.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39780) He rowed for RC Lausanne of Lausanne, Switzerland.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39780)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Born / died | 1894; April 1958 in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39780) |\n| Club | RC Lausanne, Lausanne (SUI)[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39780) |\n| Olympic medals | 1 gold (coxed fours), 1 bronze (coxless fours), both at Paris 1924[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39780) |\n| Coxed fours final | Switzerland won in 7:18.4, ahead of France and the United States[2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/157701) |\n| Coxless fours final | Switzerland third behind Great Britain (7:08.6) and Canada (7:18.0)[3](https://d2cx26qpfwuhvu.cloudfront.net/worldrowing/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/04181520/HistoricalResultsOlympicandParalympicGamesbyBoatclass_Neutral.pdf) |\n\n## Paris 1924\n\nProbst competed in both four-oared events at the Games of the VIII Olympiad, rowed on the Seine at [Argenteuil](https://www.edgepedia.org/argenteuil).[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39780) • [2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/157701)\n\n**Coxed fours.** The Swiss crew of Émile Albrecht, Alfred Probst, Eugen Sigg, and [Hans Walter](https://www.edgepedia.org/hans-walter), with Émile Lachapelle as coxswain in the final, won the gold medal in 7:18.4.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/157701) Ten nations entered the event. Switzerland had won the event in 1920 and every European Championship since 1911 except 1922, and brought back Hans Walter, a gold medalist from the previous Games. In the opening round the Netherlands recorded the fastest time, beating the Swiss, who qualified for the final through the repêchage (second-chance heat letting losing crews still reach the final). In the final the Dutch crew led until midway through the course, when the exhausted crew dropped from the race; the Swiss then took the lead and beat France for gold, with the United States third.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/157701)\n\n**Coxless fours.** The same four rowers, Albrecht, Probst, Sigg, and Walter, took the bronze medal behind Great Britain, whose winning time was 7:08.6, and Canada, second in 7:18.0; no time was recorded for the Swiss boat.[3](https://d2cx26qpfwuhvu.cloudfront.net/worldrowing/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/04181520/HistoricalResultsOlympicandParalympicGamesbyBoatclass_Neutral.pdf)\n\n## European championships\n\nProbst rowed in Swiss medal-winning crews at the European Rowing Championships in the years around the Olympics.\n\n## Later life\n\nProbst died in April 1958 in Basel at the age of 64.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39780) • [4](https://prabook.com/web/alfred.probst/2568208) The winner's medal he received for the coxed fours, a silver medal with a gold finish designed by André Rivaud and struck by the Paris Mint, is held in the collection of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.[5](https://olympic-museum-artefacts.zetcom.net/en/collection/item/141289/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Olympedia – Alfred Probst](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39780)\n2. [Olympedia – Coxed Fours, Men (Paris 1924)](https://www.olympedia.org/results/157701)\n3. [World Rowing – Historical Results, Olympic and Paralympic Games by Boat Class](https://d2cx26qpfwuhvu.cloudfront.net/worldrowing/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/04181520/HistoricalResultsOlympicandParalympicGamesbyBoatclass_Neutral.pdf)\n4. [Prabook – Alfred Probst](https://prabook.com/web/alfred.probst/2568208)\n5. [Olympic Museum – Paris 1924 winner's medal awarded to Alfred Probst](https://olympic-museum-artefacts.zetcom.net/en/collection/item/141289/)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Sports, games, and recreation › Individual sports and outdoor recreation › Water sports › Rowers and coxswains*\n\n*Initially written Oct 21, 2026 · Edited: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/alfred-probst", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/alfred-probst.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. 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