Eckart Diesch

Eckart Diesch medal table
Eckart Diesch
sailing
Germany
Olympic games
gold	Montreal 1976	Flying Dutchman
World championships
gold	1986	Flying Dutchman
silver	1977	Flying Dutchman
silver	1978	Flying Dutchman
silver	1981	Flying Dutchman
silver	1983	Flying Dutchman
silver	1985	Flying Dutchman
bronze	1975	Flying Dutchman
bronze	1980	Flying Dutchman

Eckart Diesch (born May 1, 1954 in Friedrichshafen ) is a German sailor who became Olympic champion in the Flying Dutchman class in 1976 .

Eckart Diesch was already successful as a bow man together with his brother Jörg as a teenager and junior. In 1968 and 1969 the two won the German Pirate Youth Championship . In 1972 they were world champion in Shark 24 and later in Fireball before Kingston of Canada . After switching to the Flying Dutchman in 1973, the two won the 1974 Kiel Week . In 1974 the two won bronze at the European championship, a year later bronze at the world championship. In 1976 at the Olympic Regatta , also before Kingston, the two did not manage to win a single day. With three second places, one third place and two fifth places, the brothers were nevertheless Olympic champions ahead of the British defending champion Rodney Pattison .

For this he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf together with his brother Jörg Diesch .

The Diesch brothers became German champions in 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1980. In 1980 they were also qualified for the Olympic Games in Tallinn, but were not allowed to participate because of the Olympic boycott. Four years later, the two did their second Olympic participation at the 1984 Olympic Regatta off Long Beach . On the last day of the regatta, the two achieved their first Olympic victory of the day, in the overall standings the two finished fifth.

The Diesch brothers come from a sailing family. Before the Second World War, her father Bruno Diesch was European champion in the 30-square-meter archipelago cruiser. Her main competitor in Germany during her career was her cousin Albert Batzill , who became world champion in 1978 (with his brother Rudolf Batzill), 1981, 1986 and 1989, but did not qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time until 1988.

Dr. Eckart Diesch worked as a dentist in Friedrichshafen for many years. He was president of the Württemberg Yacht Club for 12 years , for which he, his cousin and his brother started. On March 18, 2016, he gave up his position as President of the Württemberg Yacht Club to Oswald Freivogel and became honorary chairman of the association.

literature

• National Olympic Committee for Germany: Los Angeles 1984. The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany . Frankfurt am Main, 1984.

Web links

• WYC website

Individual evidence

1. ^ NOK: Los Angeles 1984, p. 429
2. ↑ Stadt Landshut, Sportchronik 1974-76: ... 1976 Reception of the German Olympic team in October with Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in Bonn and award with the silver laurel leaf ...
3. ^ Announcement from the WYC on the annual general meeting , accessed on May 15, 2016.