Albert Hedderich
Albert Hedderich (born December 11, 1957 in Mainz ) is a former German rower who started for RV Ingelheim.
In 1975 Hedderich was German youth champion in one. Together with his teammate Michael Dürsch from Ingelheim , he won four German championship titles in double sculls.
Internationally, the two formed the West German double quad with Raimund Hörmann and Dieter Wiedenmann from Ulm from 1978 to 1984 . In 1978 the team won bronze at the World Cup. In 1979 and 1982 the team was runner-up, each behind the boat from the GDR. In 1983 the West German occupation won the world championship title before the GDR. This was the first defeat of the four-man from the GDR at world championships since the introduction of this boat class in 1974.
Another high point in the career of Albert Hedderich and his three colleagues was the victory in the double foursome at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles . In addition to winning the gold medal, he and the German four-rowers received the silver laurel leaf for it.
literature
- National Olympic Committee for Germany (Ed.): The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Los Angeles 1984 , 1984 Düsseldorf
Web links
- Albert Hedderich in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
1976: Güldenpfennig , Reiche , Bußert , Wolfgramm (GDR) | 1980: Dundr , Bunk , Heppner , Winter (GDR) | 1984: Hedderich , Hörmann , Wiedenmann , Dürsch (GER) | 1988: Abbagnale , Tizzano , Farina , Poli (ITA) | 1992: Willms , Hajek , Steinbach , Volkert (GER) | 1996: Steiner , Volkert , Hajek , Willms (GER) | 2000: Abbagnale , Sartori , Galtarossa , Raineri (ITA) | 2004: Spinjow , Kravtsov , Swirin , Fedorovtsev (RUS) | 2008: Jeliński , Kolbowicz , Korol , Wasielewski (POL) | 2012: Schulze , Wende , Schoof , Grohmann (GER) | 2016: Schulze , Wende , Schoof , Gruhne (GER)
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| SURNAME | Hedderich, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz , Germany |