Andreas Bech

Andreas Bech (born January 26, 1969 in Wetter (Ruhr) ) is a former German rower . His greatest success was winning the world championship title in the lightweight eight in 1996 and fourth place in the lightweight four without a helmsman at the 2003 World Championships.

After he was not used at any World Cup in 2001, Bech switched back to belt rowing for the 2002 season. After a fifth and a fourth place at the World Championships in 2002 and 2003, he was part of the German Olympic team for the Olympic Games in Athens . There he started together with Axel Schuster , Stefan Locher and Martin Müller-Falcke in an easy four without a helmsman. With a strong run-up, in which the team almost set the German record in this boat class, the team qualified for the semifinals. However, the team did not get into the race there and missed the finals. The B final was also disappointing, with the four-man losing to a number of European teams that they had always defeated in the World Cup. Overall, the team with Bech took eleventh place.

After the Olympic Games, Bech, who started for the Bochum rowing club in 1920 , ended his career.

International success

1996: 1st place in the lightweight eighth world championships without a helmsman
2002: 5th place in the world championships in the lightweight foursome without a helmsman
2003: 4th place in the world championships in the lightweight foursome without a helmsman
2004: 11th place in the Olympic Games in the lightweight four-man team

Web links

Andreas Bech at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
Andreas Bech in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Carsten Oberhagemann: Foursome reached the semi-finals. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , August 16, 2004, accessed on January 22, 2016 .
↑ Carsten Oberhagemann: Lightweight quad missed the entry into the finals. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , August 20, 2004, accessed on January 22, 2016 .
↑ Carsten Oberhagemann: In the end, the disappointments predominated. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , August 22, 2004, accessed on January 22, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Bech, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German rower
DATE OF BIRTH	January 26, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weather (Ruhr)

[1] Carsten Oberhagemann: Foursome reached the semi-finals. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , August 16, 2004, accessed on January 22, 2016 .

[2] Carsten Oberhagemann: Lightweight quad missed the entry into the finals. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , August 20, 2004, accessed on January 22, 2016 .

[3] Carsten Oberhagemann: In the end, the disappointments predominated. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , August 22, 2004, accessed on January 22, 2016 .