Eric Johannesen

Eric Johannesen
Full name	Eric Johannesen
nation	Germany
birthday	July 16, 1988
place of birth	Oberhausen ,  Germany
size	193 cm
Weight	97 kg
job	Education
Career
discipline	Rowing / belt
society	Rowing Club Bergedorf (until 2017) Rowing Club Favorite Hammonia (since 2018)
National squad	since 2005
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 1 × 3 × 0 × EM medals 4 × 0 × 0 × U23 medals 1 × 1 × 0 × JWM medals 1 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold 2012 in London Eighth silver 2016 in Rio de Janeiro Eighth  World championships gold 2011 in Bled Eighth silver 2013 in Chungju Eighth silver 2014 in Amsterdam Eighth silver 2015 in Aiguebelette Eighth  European championships gold 2013 in Seville Eighth gold 2014 in Belgrade Eighth gold 2015 in Poznan Eighth gold 2016 in Brandenburg Eighth  U23 world championships gold 2008 in Brandenburg Double fours silver 2010 in Brest Double scull  Junior World Championships gold 2005 in Brandenburg Foursome with silver 2006 in Amsterdam Eighth
Last change: August 13, 2016

Eric Johannesen (born July 16, 1988 in Oberhausen ) is a German rower . In 2011 he became world champion and 2012 Olympic champion in eighth place .

Career

Johannesen started rowing in 2002. In 2005 he was junior world champion in a four-man with helmsman , in 2006 he finished in eighth place at the junior world championships . In 2008 Johannesen won the world regatta in the U23 age group in the double quad, and in 2009 the German double quad took fifth place in the U23 World Championships . In 2010, he and Sebastian Peter finished second in the double scull at the U23 World Championships.

Also in 2010, Johannesen started at the open world championships together with Andreas Kuffner in a two-man without a helmsman and finished fifth. In 2011, Kuffner and Johannesen moved up in the Germany eighth , with which they won the German championship title and the World Cup regattas in Munich and Lucerne, in between the two competed with Richard Schmidt and Kristof Wilke at the World Cup in Hamburg in a four-man without a helmsman and also won in this boat class. The Germany eight won the World Championships in Bled , and the following year the Germany eight with Johannesen won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Also in the new Olympic cycle, Johannesen was a constant member of the Germany eight squad from 2013, which has had a strong new permanent rival in the British selection. In the years 2013 to 2016, the German team won the gold medal at the European Championships. In the World Cup finals, however, the boat from the United Kingdom was three times faster, so that Eric Johannesen won the silver medal with the Germany eighth. In the finals of the 2016 Olympic Games , the finish line was the same as in the World Championships 2013 to 2015, behind the British, the rowers of the Germany eight received the silver medal.

For this, he and the team of eight received the Silver Laurel Leaf from Federal President Gauck on November 1, 2016 .

At the European Championships in 2013 , Johannesen led the eighth as batsman.

The 1.93 meter tall sports soldier started for the Rowing Club Bergedorf until 2017 , then for the Rowing Club Favorite Hammonia . His brother Torben Johannesen was a substitute at the 2016 Olympic Games.

successes

• 2010: 5th place in two without a helmsman at the World Championships with Andreas Kuffner
• 2011: 1st place in eighth place at the World Championships with Gregor Hauffe , Andreas Kuffner, Eric Johannesen, Maximilian Reinelt , Richard Schmidt , Lukas Müller , Florian Mennigen , Kristof Wilke and helmsman Martin Sauer
• 2012: 1st place in eighth place at the Olympic Games with Filip Adamski , Andreas Kuffner, Eric Johannesen, Maximilian Reinelt, Richard Schmidt, Lukas Müller, Florian Mennigen, Kristof Wilke and helmsman Martin Sauer
• 2013: 1st place in eighth place at the European Championships with Maximilian Munski , Hannes Ocik , Maximilian Reinelt, Felix Drahotta , Anton Braun , Richard Schmidt, Kristof Wilke, Eric Johannesen and helmsman Martin Sauer
• 2013: 2nd place in eighth place at the World Championships with Hannes Ocik, Maximilian Munski, Maximilian Reinelt, Felix Drahotta, Anton Braun, Richard Schmidt, Kristof Wilke, Eric Johannesen and helmsman Martin Sauer
• 2014: 1st place in eighth place at the European Championships with Maximilian Planer , Felix Wimberger , Andreas Kuffner, Eric Johannesen, Richard Schmidt, Malte Jakschik , Maximilian Reinelt, Felix Drahotta and helmsman Martin Sauer
• 2014: 2nd place in eighth place at the world championships with Maximilian Planer, Malte Jakschik, Andreas Kuffner, Felix Drahotta, Richard Schmidt, Eric Johannesen, Maximilian Reinelt, Felix Wimberger and helmsman Martin Sauer
• 2015: 1st place in eighth place at the European Championships with Maximilian Munski, Malte Jakschik, Maximilian Reinelt, Eric Johannesen, Anton Braun, Felix Drahotta, Richard Schmidt, Hannes Ocik and helmsman Martin Sauer
• 2015: 2nd place in eighth place at the World Championships with Maximilian Munski, Malte Jakschik, Maximilian Reinelt, Eric Johannesen, Anton Braun, Felix Drahotta, Richard Schmidt, Hannes Ocik and helmsman Martin Sauer
• 2016: 1st place in eighth place at the European Championships with Maximilian Munski, Malte Jakschik, Andreas Kuffner, Felix Drahotta, Maximilian Reinelt, Eric Johannesen, Richard Schmidt, Hannes Ocik and helmsman Martin Sauer
• 2016: 2nd place in eighth place at the Olympic Games with Maximilian Munski, Malte Jakschik, Andreas Kuffner, Eric Johannesen, Maximilian Reinelt, Felix Drahotta, Richard Schmidt, Hannes Ocik and helmsman Martin Sauer

Web links

• Eric Johannesen at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Eric Johannesen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait at the Germany eight
• German champions in the eighth

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Germany eight wins gold. In: Spiegel Online. August 1, 2012, accessed August 3, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Awarding of the silver bay leaf. In: www.bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President , November 1, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016 .