Alfred Rieck
Alfred Rieck (born August 5, 1914 , † August 14, 2000 ) was a German rower who won an Olympic bronze medal with an eighth in 1936.
Alfred Rieck rowed for the rowing company Wiking Berlin. At the German Championship in Berlin in 1936, the eighth of Wiking Berlin won ahead of two eights, which had been formed as cross-club rowing communities for the Olympic Games. The eighth of Wiking Berlin qualified for the Olympic regatta , which, like the German championship, was held on the Berlin-Grünau regatta route . The boat in the line-up of Alfred Rieck, Helmut Radach , Hans Kuschke , Heinz Kaufmann , Gerd Völs , Werner Loeckle , Hans-Joachim Hannemann , Herbert Schmidt and helmsman Wilhelm Mahlow took second place behind the boat from the third run at the Olympic regatta Switzerland, but was able to qualify as the winner of the first intermediate run for the final. In the finals, the first three boats reached the finish line within a second, the boat from the United States won ahead of the Italians and the Germans.
Alfred Rieck was active as a youth trainer for Wiking Berlin after the Second World War.
Web links
- Alfred Rieck in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- German champions in the eighth
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rieck, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1914 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 2000 |