Anton Braun (rower)

Anton Braun
Full name	Anton Braun
nation	Germany
birthday	April 28, 1990
place of birth	Berlin ,  Germany
size	202 cm
Weight	104 kg
job	Sports soldier , Bundeswehr
Career
discipline	Rowing / belt
society	Berlin rowing club
Trainer	Ulf Kramer
National squad	since 2008
status	active
Medal table
World Rowing Championship 0 × 2 × 0 × Rowing championships 2 × 0 × 1 × U23 World Championship medals 1 × 0 × 2 × JWM medals 0 × 0 × 1 ×
World championships silver 2013 in Chungju Eighth silver 2015 in Aiguebelette Eighth  European championships gold 2013 in Seville Eighth bronze 2014 in Belgrade Two without gold 2015 in Poznan Eighth  U23 world championships bronze 2009 in Račice u Štětí Foursome without gold 2010 in Brest Eighth bronze 2011 in Amsterdam Two without  Junior World Championships bronze 2008 in Ottensheim Foursome without
Last change: September 10, 2015

Anton Braun (born April 28, 1990 in Berlin ) is a German rower .

In 2008 Braun was a member of the junior national team, at the U19 World Championships in Ottensheim he won the bronze medal in a four-man without a helmsman . In this boat class he took part in the U23 World Championships in Račice u Štětí in 2009 , where he also won bronze together with Andreas Kuffner , Hendrik Bohnekamp and Bastian Bechler. After a first World Cup appearance in a foursome, Braun was again nominated for the U23 World Championships in 2010 and became U23 World Champion with the German eighth . In 2011 he was again in the medal ranks in the U23 area when he achieved bronze in a two-man without a helmsman with Bastian Bechler .

At the end of March 2012, Braun and Felix Drahotta , who finished fourth in the Olympic Games in 2008 in this boat class, prevailed in the first national elimination in a pair without a helmsman. They beat all members of the Germany eight who were reigning world champions at the time. After the boat took third place in the final small boat inspection, Braun and Drahotta were nominated by national coach Ralf Holtmeyer for the two without a helmsman. At their first joint World Cup start in Belgrade they won the final, it was the first World Cup victory of a German two-man in several years. Braun and Drahotta finally competed at the Summer Olympics in London and finished 7th in the two without a helmsman.

In the new Olympic cycle, Braun was able to establish himself in the squad for the Germany eight . At the European Rowing Championships in Seville in 2013 , he won his first international title in the open age group in eighth rowing with the gold medal, and later he took silver at the World Championships of the same year behind the eighth of the United Kingdom. In the 2014 season he rowed with Bastian Bechler in two without and achieved a bronze rank at the European Championships and 5th place at the World Championships . He then managed to jump back into eighth position, with which Braun again won gold at the European Championships and silver at the World Cup behind the United Kingdom in the 2015 season. At the 2016 Olympic Games , Maximilian Korge , Max Planer , Anton Braun and Felix Wimberger finished 12th in the four without a helmsman.

Anton Braun is a sports soldier and starts for the Berlin rowing club .

International success

• 2008: 3rd place Junior World Championships in a four-man without a helmsman
• 2009: 3rd place U23 world championships in a four-man team without a helmsman
• 2010: 1st place U23 World Championships in eighth place
• 2011: 3rd place U23 world championships in two without a helmsman
• 2013: 1st place European rowing championships in eighth place
• 2013: 2nd place rowing world championships in eighth place
• 2014: 3rd place European rowing championships in two without a helmsman
• 2015: 1st place European rowing championships in eighth place
• 2015: 2nd place rowing world championships in eighth place

Web links

• Anton Braun at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Anton Braun in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Carsten Oberhagemann: Drahotta / Braun win the individual time trial on the Wedau. (No longer available online.) March 26, 2012, archived from the original on March 29, 2012 ; Retrieved May 6, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Carsten Oberhagemann: Go for Gold: Germany eight starts with a change in the Olympic season. (No longer available online.) April 19, 2012, archived from the original on April 16, 2015 ; Retrieved May 6, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Oliver Quickert: 2012 World Rowing Cup 1 - Race Reports: Final. May 6, 2012, accessed March 25, 2018 .