Albrecht Wehselau

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Albrecht Wehselau (born November 5, 1937 in Bremen ) is a former German rower .

Sporting successes

In 1958, the four-man with helmsman from the Bremen Rowing Club Hansa won the German championship title with Georg Niermann , Friedrich Arfmann , Heinz-Werner Kollmann , Albrecht Wehselau and helmsman Gerd Jürgenbehring . At the European Championships in Poznan in 1958 , the four-man from Bremen with helmsman reached 1st place and thus won a gold medal. For his gold medal at the European Championships in Poznan, he was awarded the silver bay leaf on January 31, 1959 .

In 1959 the four-man with helmsman and Jürgen Litz from RK Essen took second place in the German championships for Arfmann. At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Wehselau competed in a four-man without a helmsman . Together with Manfred Kluth , Victor Hendrix and Georg Niermann, he finished third behind the boats from the Soviet Union and Italy. In the hope run, the German four-man lost to the later Olympic champions from the United States and was eliminated. In the line-up of Horst Greßmann, Klaus Behrens , Niermann, Wehselau and Jürgenbehring, a rowing community RC Hansa and the Ratzeburger Rowing Club took second place in the four-man team in 1961.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German championship rowing , foursome with helmsman, men, place 1-3
  2. European championships in four with a helmsman on sport-komplett.de
  3. Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 74
  4. Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 . P. 578