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Dreifke in 1982. | ||
Medal record | ||
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Men's rowing | ||
Representing East Germany | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1980 Moscow | Double sculls | |
1976 Montreal | Single sculls | |
World Rowing Championships | ||
1974 Lucerne | Quadruple sculls | |
1975 Nottingham | Double sculls | |
1977 Amsterdam | Single sculls | |
1981 Munich | Double sculls |
Joachim Dreifke (born 26 December 1952) is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Greifswald. In 1976 he won the bronze medal in the Olympic single sculls event. Four years later he and his partner Klaus Kröppelien won the gold medal in the Olympic double sculls competition. [1]
Kathrin Boron is a German sculler, and four-time Olympic gold medallist. She's an athlete of the SV Dynamo / SG Dynamo Potsdam.
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Athletes from East Germany competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 267 competitors, 154 men and 113 women, took part in 139 events in 17 sports.
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Peter-Michael Kolbe is a retired German rower who specialized in the single sculls. In this event, between 1975 and 1988 he won five world titles and three Olympic silver medals, in 1976, 1984 and 1988; he missed the 1980 Games because of their boycott by West Germany. His career is known for the rivalry with Pertti Karppinen that stretched for 14 years.
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Hans-Joachim Böhmer was an East German rower who won a bronze medal in the double sculls at the 1972 Summer Olympics, together with Uli Schmied. They also won a European title in 1971 and a silver medal at the 1970 World Rowing Championships. In other rowing events Böhmer won a bronze medal in the eights at the 1966 World Rowing Championships.
Jürgen Bertow is a retired German rower. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1975 World Championships in the double sculls, as well as a world title in the quad sculls in 1974. For these achievements he received the Patriotic Order of Merit in 1974 and 1976.
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