Eckhard Martens
Eckhard Martens (born June 12, 1951 in Bützow ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic . In 1972 he won the Olympic silver medal with the four-man with helmsman .
Martens switched from football to rowing in 1966. In 1968 Zander won the Spartakiade . After the eighth from the Federal Republic of Germany had won the title at the first two World Rowing Championships in 1962 and 1966 , the GDR eighth won in 1970, which was composed of very young rowers by coach Elmar Anthony. Hans-Joachim Puls , Klaus-Peter Foppke , Bernd Ahrendt , Eckhard Martens, Reinhard Gust , Dietrich Zander , Rolf Jobst , Ernst-Otto Borchmann and helmsman Reinhard Zahn were given the attribute baby eight . In 1971 the GDR eighth finished second at the European Championships behind the boat from New Zealand.
For 1972, four rowers were moved from eight to four. Dietrich Zander, Reinhard Gust, Eckhard Martens and Rolf Jobst were supposed to compete with the helmsman Klaus-Dieter Ludwig against the so-called bull quad from the Federal Republic of Germany, who had dominated this boat class since 1969. In the finals of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, the German boat won ahead of the boat from the GDR, with a lead of almost one and a half seconds. After the bull's four-man resigned, the five rowers from the GDR were defeated by the hosts' boat at the European Championships in Moscow in 1973. In 1975 Martens finished fourth again at the world championships with eighth place.
Martens started for SC Dynamo Berlin . After his career he worked as a graduate economist at SC Dynamo.
In 1972 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze for his athletic achievements .
literature
- Volker Kluge : The great lexicon of GDR athletes. The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes and biographies. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-348-9 , page 255.
Web links
- Eckhard Martens in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- German successes at world championships
- German successes at European championships
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Kluge, page 255.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martens, Eckhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bützow |