Hans Homberger
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| Birth name | Hans Ernst Homberger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 October 1908 Schaffhausen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 January 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hans Ernst Homberger (31 October 1908 - 26 January 1986) was a Swiss rower who competed with two of his brothers. He won two medals at the 1935 European Rowing Championships and a further two medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Born into a family of industrialists, he took over the International Watch Company when his father died in 1955. He led the company until he sold it to VDO in 1978.