Dietmar Schwarz (rower)

Dietmar Schwarz (born July 30, 1947 in Berlin ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic who won an Olympic bronze medal with an eighth in 1972 .

Schwarz started as a helmsman at ASK Vorwärts Berlin in 1961 . When the rowers were delegated to Rostock, Schwarz switched to SC Dynamo Berlin , where he trained under Elmar Antony . In 1971 Antony put together a new foursome with helmsman : Harold Dimke as batsman, Manfred Schneider , Manfred Schmorde , Hartmut Schreiber and helmsman Dietmar Schwarz not only won the title at the GDR championships, but also finished second at the European championships in Copenhagen the German bull quad with Peter Berger on the beat.

In 1972, the entire foursome changed to eighth, which competed at the Olympic Games on the Oberschleißheim regatta course with the line-up of Hans-Joachim Borzym , Jörg Landvoigt , Harold Dimke, Manfred Schneider, Hartmut Schreiber, Manfred Schmorde, Bernd Landvoigt , Heinrich Mederow and Dietmar Schwarz . The eighth finished third behind the boats from the Soviet Union and the Netherlands, but won his semi-finals ahead of the boats from the Soviet Union and the United States. The New Zealanders won the final, with the GDR rowers rowing the bronze medal six hundredths of a second behind the United States.

Dietmar Schwarz is a trained waiter. After his career he worked as a sports instructor and restaurant manager.

literature

• Volker Kluge : Lexicon athletes in the GDR . New Life Publishing House, Berlin 2009 ISBN 978-3-355-01759-6

Web links

• Dietmar Schwarz in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• German successes at European rowing championships
• GDR championships in four with a helmsman