Frank Gottschalt

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Frank Gottschalt
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Frank Gottschalt is a rower who represented East Germany in the 1970s.

Gottschalt rowed for SC Magdeburg. [1] At the 1973 World Rowing Junior Championships he became world champion in junior men's coxed pair teamed up with Bernd Lindner. At the 1974 World Rowing Junior Championships he became world champion in junior men's coxed four. [2] At the 1975 East German championships, he came third in the coxed pair alongside Lindner and Georg Spohr as coxswain. At the 1976 East German championships, Gottschalt and Lindner became national champions, with Frank Berger as cox. [3]

At the 1977 East German championships, Gottschalt and Lindner were part of the men's eight that took the national title. [4] [5] That team went to the 1977 World Rowing Championships where they became world champions in that boat class. [6] [7] At the 1978 East German championships, Gottschalt, Lindner, and Spohr became national vice-champions. [3] In July 1979, they won a rowing regatta held at the Bosbaan in Amsterdam in the coxed pair. [8]

He is erroneously listed as Gottschalk on the International Rowing Federation database. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Weltmeisterschaften" [World championships] (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Alle acht DDR-Boote stehen im Finale" [All eight GDR boats are in the final]. Neues Deutschland (in German). 29 (213). 4 August 1974. p. 8. Retrieved 30 September 2018.(registration required)
  3. 1 2 Hoffmann, Wilfried. "DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Zweier-mit – Männer (Plätze 1–3)" [DDR rowing championships: Coxed pair – men (places 1–3)] (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08 . Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Hoffmann, Wilfried. "DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Achter – Männer (Plätze 1–3)" [DDR rowing championships: Eight – men (places 1–3)] (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08 . Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Brandenburger Titel als WM-Empfehlung" [Brandenburg title as World Cup recommendation]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). 33 (168). 18 July 1977. p. 6. Retrieved 30 September 2018.(registration required)
  6. 1 2 "Frank Gottschalk". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Letzter Höhepunkt durch den Achter" [Last highlight through the eight]. Neues Deutschland (in German). 32 (204). 29 August 1977. p. 7. Retrieved 30 September 2018.(registration required)
  8. ↑ "Erfolge der Ruderer auf traditionsreichem Kurs" [Successes of rowers on course rich in tradition]. Neues Deutschland (in German). 34 (153). 2 July 1979. p. 8. Retrieved 30 September 2018.(registration required)


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