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| Born | 22 May 1939 Hirschberg, Lower Silesia, German Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Gerd Wolter (born 22 May 1939) is a German rower. He won a gold medal at the 1962 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne with the men's coxless four. [1]
Anke Borchmann is a rower who competed for East Germany in the 1970s.
Beate Schramm is a German rower and Olympic gold medallist. Between 1986 and 1991, she won four senior world championship titles, after having previously twice been junior world champion. She won gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in the quad sculls event for East Germany, but missed the A final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the single sculls event when she competed for Germany. She was national rowing champion a total of six times; four times in East Germany and twice German champion after the reunification.
Jana Sorgers is a German rower who was a dominant sculler of her time, starting her career for the East German rowing team and continuing after the German reunification for the combined Germany for a few more years. Between 1986 and 1996, she won two Olympic gold medals, seven world championship titles, and nine national titles. Upon the conclusion of her successful career, she was awarded the Thomas Keller Medal by the International Rowing Federation (FISA) – the highest honour in rowing.
Jürgen Arndt is a German rower who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.
Liane Buhr is a German rowing coxswain who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. She won medals at the international rowing competitions.
Siegfried Brietzke is a German rower. He competed for East Germany, first in coxless pairs, together with Wolfgang Mager, and then in coxless fours. In these events he won Olympic gold medals in 1972, 1976 and 1980, as well as four world championships in 1974–1979.
Peter Niehusen is the only sportsman to have won international medals as both a coxswain and a rower. He won two gold medals and three bronze medals at the European and World Championships and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Kerstin Köppen is a German former rower and Olympic champion. She is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, winning in 1992 and 1996. In addition, she has also won 5 Gold Medals in the Quadruple Sculls event at the World Championships beginning with Lake Barrington, Tasmania in 1990 whilst representing the former East Germany and a further four times for the re-unified Germany. She is married to Ralf Holtmeyer who coaches the German eight.
Frank Jörg Richter is a German Olympic rower who won a silver and bronze medal. He is a triple-world champion with the German men's eight.
The 1966 World Rowing Championships was the second time that world championships in rowing were held. The regatta was held from 8 to 11 September at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. There were 613 rowers from 32 countries who competed in the seven Olympic boat classes. Marketing and advertising for the event were handled by Cesar Lüthi.
The 1977 World Rowing Championships was the 6th World Rowing Championships. The championships were held from 19 to 28 August 1977 on the Bosbaan rowing lake in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Günther Zumkeller is a German rower who represented West Germany.
Frank Steinhäuser is a German coxswain.
The 1968 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Grünau Regatta Course in the East Berlin suburb of Grünau. This edition of the European Rowing Championships was for women only and was held from 16 to 18 August. Twelve or fifteen countries contested five boat classes, and 39 teams competed. Despite the European label of the event, it was open to any country and was regarded as unofficial world championships, but all contesting countries in 1968 were from Europe. The men would meet in Mexico City in mid-October at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Peter Paustian is a German rower. He won a gold medal at the 1962 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne with the men's coxless four.
Christian Prey is a German rower. He won a gold medal at the 1962 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne with the men's coxless four.
Martin Steffes-Mies is a retired German rower.
Gert Uebeler is a German rower who competed for East Germany.
Jürgen Pfeiffer is a German rower who competed for East Germany.
Bernd Frieberg is a rower who competed for East Germany.
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