During the 1906 national swimming championships in Laughlin's Lake, Grote finished in third place, beating Frank Bornaman who represented America during the 1896 Summer Olympics and Dr. Sheldon who was then the national indoor champion.[3]
In 1908, while competing in western swimming tryouts in Chicago, he sustained an injury during a dive which forced him to withdraw from the event. Grote made a difficult dive into a tank that was just 8 feet (2.4 m) deep instead of 12 feet (3.7 m) as necessitated by the rules, and as a result he sustained a gash to his forehead and loosened several teeth.[4] In the run up to the 1908 Summer Olympics, Grote was not originally selected by the committee responsible for selection but was instead added to the reserve list, only being notified quite late that he could be entered at London if he could raise trip expenses of $325. With the help of friends, he raised around $180 by patrons of the Cherry Diamond Swimming Tank, while his swimming club offered to pay the remaining difference of $150, else he may not have been able to participate.[3] During the Olympics, he failed to qualify for the final trials and took a short trip around Germany after the games.[5]
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
^ ab"M. A. C. Raises Sum for Grote". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. June 24, 1908. p. 11.
^"Schwartz Fails to Make Olympic Team in Eastern Swim". St Louis Post-Dispatch. June 5, 1908. p. 16.
^"Grote lands in New York". St Louis Post-Dispatch. August 17, 1908. p. 8.
henry, grote, henry, charles, grote, august, 1874, january, 1947, american, diver, competed, metre, springboard, event, 1908, summer, olympics, personal, informationnationalityamericanborn, 1874, august, 1874delligsen, niedersachsen, germanydiedjanuary, 1947, . Henry Charles Grote August 28 1874 January 21 1947 1 was an American diver He competed in the men s 3 metre springboard event at the 1908 Summer Olympics 2 Henry GrotePersonal informationNationalityAmericanBorn 1874 08 28 August 28 1874Delligsen Niedersachsen GermanyDiedJanuary 21 1947 1947 01 21 aged 72 Phoenix Arizona United StatesSportSportDivingCareer editDuring the 1906 national swimming championships in Laughlin s Lake Grote finished in third place beating Frank Bornaman who represented America during the 1896 Summer Olympics and Dr Sheldon who was then the national indoor champion 3 In 1908 while competing in western swimming tryouts in Chicago he sustained an injury during a dive which forced him to withdraw from the event Grote made a difficult dive into a tank that was just 8 feet 2 4 m deep instead of 12 feet 3 7 m as necessitated by the rules and as a result he sustained a gash to his forehead and loosened several teeth 4 In the run up to the 1908 Summer Olympics Grote was not originally selected by the committee responsible for selection but was instead added to the reserve list only being notified quite late that he could be entered at London if he could raise trip expenses of 325 With the help of friends he raised around 180 by patrons of the Cherry Diamond Swimming Tank while his swimming club offered to pay the remaining difference of 150 else he may not have been able to participate 3 During the Olympics he failed to qualify for the final trials and took a short trip around Germany after the games 5 References edit Henry Grote Retrieved December 26 2020 Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Harold Grote Olympic Results Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on December 4 2016 Retrieved May 11 2020 a b M A C Raises Sum for Grote St Louis Globe Democrat June 24 1908 p 11 Schwartz Fails to Make Olympic Team in Eastern Swim St Louis Post Dispatch June 5 1908 p 16 Grote lands in New York St Louis Post Dispatch August 17 1908 p 8 External links editHarold Grote at Olympedia nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Grote amp oldid 1224759111, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
