Thomas Domian

Thomas Domian (born July 5, 1964 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a former German rower . He was Olympic champion in eighth place in 1988 .

Domian started for the rowing club Hansa from 1898 in Dortmund. He began rowing in 1977 and in 1981 won the German youth championship in four-man without a helmsman for RV Emscher ; In 1982 he was third in the four-man team at the Junior World Championships . In 1986 and 1987 he finished sixth at the world championships with Germany eighth . When coach Ralf Holtmeyer reformed the Germany eight for the 1988 Olympic season, the 1.98 meter tall Domian stayed in the boat. After winning the German championship in 1988, the newly formed eighth was also successful at the Olympic Games in Seoul. In the line-up of Wolfgang Maennig , Thomas Möllenkamp , Matthias Mellinghaus , Eckhardt Schultz , Ansgar Wessling , Armin Eichholz , Thomas Domian, Schlagmann Bahne Rabe and helmsman Manfred Klein , the eighth won gold in Seoul and received - together with the eighth team - the silver bay leaf .

literature

• National Olympic Committee for Germany: Seoul 1988. The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany . Frankfurt am Main 1988

Web links

• Thomas Domian in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• German championships in eighth