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| Born | 28 July 1944 Lauenburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dirk Schreyer (born 28 July 1944) is a competition rower and Olympic champion for West Germany.
Schreyer won a gold medal in the eight at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, as a member of the rowing team from West Germany. [1]
Athletes from West Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany and West Germany sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. 275 competitors, 232 men and 43 women, took part in 154 events in 17 sports for West Germany. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Munich, the West German flag was raised at the closing ceremony.
Jutta Behrendt is a German competition rower, world champion and Olympic champion.
Rüdiger Henning was a competition rower and Olympic champion for West Germany.
Lutz Ulbricht was a competition rower and Olympic champion for West Germany. He was born in Berlin. Ulbricht won a gold medal in men's eight at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, as a member of the rowing team from West Germany.
Ansgar Wessling is a retired West German competition rower. Between 1988 and 1992, he won two world titles and two Olympic medals in the eight event, as well as a silver in the coxed four at the 1990 World Championships.
Peter Berger is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Hans-Johann Färber is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Gerhard Auer was a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Alois Bierl is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
The 1962 World Rowing Championships were the inaugural world championships in rowing. The competition was held in September 1962 on the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. Rowers from West Germany dominated the competition, winning five of the seven boat classes.
Eric Johannesen is a German former representative rower. He is a dual Olympian, an Olympic gold medallist and was a 2011 world champion.
Dirk Peter Balster is a German rower. He finished 4th in the coxless four at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
The men's coxless four (M4-) competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Lake Casitas in Ventura County, California, United States. It was held from 31 July to 5 August and the outcome was wide open due to the Eastern Bloc boycott and thus the absence of the dominating team from the Soviet Union, and previously East Germany. The event was won by the team from New Zealand.
The men's coxed four competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico City, Mexico. It was held from 13 to 19 October and was unexpectedly won by the team from New Zealand, which secured the country its first Olympic rowing gold medal. Thirteen teams from 13 nations attended the competition. East Germany earned its first medal in its debut in the event, taking silver. Switzerland took bronze, its first medal in the men's coxed four since 1952.
The men's eight competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place at Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico City, Mexico. It was held from 13 to 19 October and was won by the team from West Germany, with the teams from Australia and the Soviet Union claiming silver and bronze respectively. It was West Germany's first appearance as a separate nation, though the United Team of Germany had won gold in 1960 and silver in 1964, with West Germans making up those teams. The silver medal was Australia's best result yet in the event; the nation had previously taken bronze in 1952 and 1956. The Soviet Union reached the podium in the men's eight for the first time since earning silver in 1952. Twelve teams from 12 nations attended the competition. Five of the teams replaced a total of five rowers during the competition, making for a total of 113 rowers who participated in the races.
The men's coxed four (M4+) competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at the rowing basin on Notre Dame Island in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was held from 18 to 25 July and was won by the team from Soviet Union. There were 14 boats from 14 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The victory was the Soviet Union's first medal in the men's coxed four. East Germany took its third consecutive silver medal, with entirely different crews each time. The defending champion West Germany received bronze this time. Hans-Johann Färber, the only rower from the 1972 gold medal team to return, became the fifth man to earn multiple medals in the event.
The men's coxless four (M4-) competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at the rowing basin on Notre Dame Island in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was held from 18 to 25 July and was won by the team from East Germany.
Victor Hendrix was a West German rower who represented the United Team of Germany. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome with the men's coxless four where they were eliminated in the round one repechage.
Martin Steffes-Mies is a retired German rower.
Dirk Meusel is a German rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 2000 Summer Olympics where he finished 11th on the log. He won German national titles in 1998 and 2000 with the coxed fours and the eights respectively.
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