Frank Richter (rower)

Frank Jörg Richter (born September 22, 1964 in Hanover ) is a former German rower who won two Olympic medals with the Germany eight .

Frank Richter started for the DRC from 1884 in Hanover. Together with Roland Baar , he won the German championships in two-man without a helmsman in 1986 and 1987 .

After Roland Baar switched to eighth as a batsman in 1989 , Richter followed him in 1990. In the line-up of Roland Baar Matthias Ungemach , Armin Weyrauch , Frank Dietrich , Dirk Balster , Frank Richter, Christoph Korte , Martin Steffes-Mies and helmsman Manfred Klein , the Germany eight won the 1990 World Championships in Tasmania. In 1991 Frank Richter was still part of the Germany eighth, who became German champions with the line-up of Roland Baar, Ansgar Wessling , Mark Mauerwerk , Thorsten Streppelhoff , Frank Richter, Claas-Peter Fischer , Dirk Balster, Martin Steffes-Mies and Manfred Klein. Before the rowing world championships in Vienna, Frank Richter injured his thumb, so Jürgen Hecht stepped in for him and became world champion. Only rowers from the Federal Republic of Germany sat in the boat. In the boat put together by Ralf Holtmeyer for the 1992 Olympic Games , Hans Sennewald and Detlef Kirchhoff also sat for the first time, two rowers from the GDR in the Germany eight. With Roland Baar, Ansgar Wessling, Hans Sennewald, Bahne Rabe , Armin Eichholz , Detlef Kirchhoff, Thorsten Streppelhoff, Frank Richter and helmsman Manfred Klein, the boat won the bronze medal in Barcelona behind the crews from Canada and Romania.

In 1993 the boat was largely re-manned, with the long-time helmsman Manfred Klein, Peter Thiede , succeeding the last mate of the GDR aft. In the line-up of Roland Baar, Peter Hoeltzenbein , Stefan Scholz , Frank Richter, Thorsten Streppelhoff, Andreas Lütkefels , Colin von Ettingshausen , Martin Steffes-Mies and Peter Thiede, the Germany eight won the World Rowing Championships in Roudnice, Czech Republic. After a fourth place in the Germany eight in 1994, the boat was largely re-manned for the 1995 World Championships in Tampere, Finland. Roland Baar, Jochen Lerche , Marc Weber , Stefan Forster , Dieter Sator , Detlef Kirchhoff, Ike Landvoigt , Frank Richter and Peter Thiede won the world championship title in front of the boats from the Netherlands and the United States. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, after two silver medals at the World Championships in 1994 and 1995, the Dutch boat won the year's highlight, followed by Germany eighth in the line-up of Roland Baar, Ulrich Viefers , Thorsten Streppelhoff, Detlef Kirchhoff, Marc Weber, Wolfram Huhn , Mark Kleinschmidt , Frank Richter and Peter Thiede received the silver medal.

literature

• National Olympic Committee for Germany: Atlanta 96. The German Olympic team . Frankfurt am Main 1996

Web links

• Frank Richter in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• German success at rowing world championships

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German championships in two-man without
2. ^ National Olympic Committee for Germany: Barcelona 92. The German Olympic team . Frankfurt am Main 1992, page 404
3. ↑ Cast according to the TVK Essen website ( memento of the original from January 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.