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Nationality | German |
Born | Duisburg, Germany | 16 April 1940
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Sport | Water polo |
Jürgen Honig (born 16 April 1940) is a German water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [1]
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the last time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 337 competitors, 275 men and 62 women, took part in 159 events in 19 sports.
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 293 competitors, 238 men and 55 women, took part in 148 events in 17 sports.
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.
Athletes from East Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 226 competitors, 186 men and 40 women, took part in 124 events in 18 sports. It was the first time that West Germany and East Germany had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games.
Jürgen Colombo is a retired track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4000m Team Pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, alongside Günther Schumacher, Günter Haritz, and Udo Hempel.
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.
The following is the list of squads that took part in the men's water polo tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Jürgen Lehnert is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Jürgen Plagemann is a retired German rower who was most successful in the eights. In this event he won a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics, a world title in 1962, and two European titles in 1963–1964.
Jürgen Oelke is a retired German rowing coxswain who had his best achievements in the coxed fours. In this event he won a world title in 1962, a European title in 1963 and a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Wolfgang Mager is a retired German rower. He competed for East Germany, first in coxless pairs, together with Siegfried Brietzke, and then in coxless fours. In these events he won Olympic gold medals in 1972 and 1976, as well as four world championships in 1974–1979. In the 1980 Olympics, the East German boat won the gold medal again, but Mager suffered a hand injury before the Games and was replaced by Jürgen Thiele.
Jürgen Kretschmer is a former East German slalom canoeist who competed in the early to mid-1970s. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four golds, a silver and a bronze.
Jürgen Bremer is an East German retired slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, with three golds and a silver.
Jürgen Dietze is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Hans-Jürgen Heinsch was a German footballer who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Antonín Hönig was a Czech cyclist. In 1926, he was the Czechoslovak national champion, and he took part in the 1926 UCI Road World Championships. Two years later, he competed for Czechoslovakia in the individual and team road race events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Jürgen Barth was a German cyclist. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Christof Kreuziger is a German rower. He won gold medals for East Germany at the 1973 European Rowing Championships and the 1974 World Rowing Championships in double scull, and at the 1975 World Rowing Championships in quad scull.
Jürgen Kalb is a German footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Jürgen Wirth is a German former biathlete. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the 1988 Winter Olympics, representing East Germany.