Bernhard Knubel

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Bernhard Knubel (born March 2, 1938 in Brotdorf , † February 23, 1973 in Gelsenkirchen ) was a rower from the Federal Republic of Germany, who became an Olympic champion in a two-man team in 1960 .

Life

Bernhard Knubel was born in Saarland, grew up in Petershagen and went to school in Minden . After initially playing handball , he was discovered for rowing in 1953 and started for the Minden rowing club . In 1955 the all-round athlete was also a district forest runner. For family reasons, Knubel moved to Gelsenkirchen a little later and from then on started for the Gelsenkirchen rowing club . There he met the multiple German champion Heinz Renneberg , with whom he finished third in the German championship in two-man without a helmsman in 1959 . In a pair with helmsman, he won the all-German Olympic qualification together with Renneberg and helmsman Klaus Zerta .

At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, the regattas took place on Lake Albano . The German boat won the lead in 7: 31.64 minutes. In the final, the boat won in 7: 29.14 with just under a second ahead of the boat from the Soviet Union.

For this he was awarded the silver bay leaf .

With a height of 1.97 m, Knubel's competition weight was 90 kg. At the age of 34 he died of cancer in Gelsenkirchen. A street in Petershagen is named after him. Minden calls him the only gold medalist in town.

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  1. ↑ German Championship Rowing on rrk-online.de
  2. ↑ Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 74
personal data
SURNAME Knubel, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Olympic champion in rowing
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Bread village
DATE OF DEATH 23rd February 1973
Place of death Gelsenkirchen