Dirk Schreyer

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Dirk Schreyer (born July 28, 1944 in Lauenburg / Elbe ) is a former German rower . In 1968 he became Olympic champion in eighth place .

Life

The rower from the Ratzeburg rowing club belonged to the eighth trained by Karl Adam in the Ratzeburg rowing academy from 1965 to 1968 , and from 1966 the press referred to him as the eighth in Germany . Schreyer came into the boat in 1965, in which five rowers were still sitting, who had won the Olympic silver medal the year before, and took second position in the bow of the boat. In the line-up Horst Meyer , Dirk Schreyer, Christian Prey , Klaus Behrens , Dagobert Thometschek , Jürgen Schröder , Hans-Jürgen Wallbrecht and batsman Klaus Aeffke won this boat with the helmsman Peter Niehusen at the European Championship in Duisburg in front of the boats from the Soviet Union and the Guest starters from the United States, in whose boat there were still five rowers from the 1964 Olympic championship boat.

Before the 1966 season, almost the entire boat was relocated, the racing community from Ratzeburg, Lübeck and Kiel became an extended racing community with rowers from Karlsruhe, Frankfurt am Main and Berlin. At the World Championships in Bled, the eighth competed in this line-up: Horst Meyer, Dirk Schreyer, Michael Schwan , Ulrich Luhn , Peter Hertel , Rüdiger Henning , Lutz Ulbricht , Peter Kuhn and helmsman Peter Niehusen. This boat successfully defended the world championship title from 1962 with a victory in front of the aft from the USSR and the GDR.

The 1967 European Championship took place in Vichy. The Germany eight started with the line-up of Horst Meyer, Dirk Schreyer, Rüdiger Henning, Ulrich Luhn, Wolfgang Hottenrott , Egbert Hirschfelder , Jörg Siebert , Roland Boese and helmsman Gunther Tiersch . This eighth, which was again heavily occupied, won the European Championship ahead of the Soviet Union and the guest starters from the USA. It was the fourth European title in a row for the Germany eighth.

1968 returned Lutz Ulbricht sat for Ulrich Luhn in the Germany eight. Horst Meyer, Dirk Schreyer, Rüdiger Henning, Wolfgang Hottenrott, Lutz Ulbricht, Egbert Hirschfelder, Jörg Siebert, Roland Boese and helmsman Gunther Tiersch became German champions together, Schreyer's fourth title in a row. At the Olympic Games , Roland Boese had to be replaced by Niko Ott on the day of the final due to illness and this line-up won gold in front of the Australians. The Germany eight was voted Team of the Year by sports journalists in 1968 .

After his career, the economist became a co-owner of an insurance broker company in Hamburg. Schreyer is a member of the Lauenburg Rowing Society, an honorary member of the Ratzeburg Rowing Club and a member of the Der Hamburger and Germania Rowing Club. In addition to being awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf , the highest German sports award with medal rank, he was awarded the golden badge of honor by the German Rowing Association in 2009. Dirk Schreyer, who learned to row in the rowing society Lauenburg, was awarded the first "Rufer" for this achievement by the city after the Olympic victory.

literature

  • Bodo Harenberg (editorial): The stars of the sport from A-Z . Habel, Darmstadt et al. 1970.
  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rowing: Olympic victory was the greatest success. Bergedorfer Zeitung, February 17, 2009, accessed January 15, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Schreyer, Dirk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rower
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauenburg / Elbe