Egbert Hirschfelder

The Vice European Champions 1964 from left to right: Egbert Hirschfelder, Joachim Werner, Bernhard Britting, Peter Neusel, Jürgen Oelke

Egbert Hirschfelder (born July 13, 1942 in Berlin ) is a former German rower . He was twice a member of the German Olympic team. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 he won gold in a four-man with helmsman together with his teammates at the time Peter Neusel , Bernhard Britting , Joachim Werner , and helmsman Jürgen Oelke (all of the Berlin rowing club ). The team was trained at that time by Walter Volle , who had also won gold in a four-man with helmsman as a rower at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin . Egbert Hirschfelder also won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico , but this time in eighth place and for the Ratzeburg rowing club . This Germany eight was trained by Karl Adam and Hans Lenk at the time .

The team of the Germany eight from 1968 carried the Olympic flag into the stadium for the opening of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich . Egbert Hirschfelder hoisted them.

For his sporting success he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on November 27, 1968 .

literature

• Ed .: Berliner Ruder Club: “100 Years of Berliner Ruder Club 1880–1980”; Festschrift, self-published in Berlin 1980
• Ed .: Berliner Ruder Club: "125 Years of Berliner Ruder Club 1880–2005"; Festschrift, self-published Berlin 2005

Web links

• Egbert Hirschfelder in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1973 - printed matter 7/1040 - page 74