Hans-Jörg Bliesener
Hans-Jörg Bliesener (born April 5, 1966 in Brandenburg an der Havel ) is a former German canoeist who won a bronze medal for the German Democratic Republic at the 1988 Summer Olympics .
Life
The 1983 European Junior Champion in a single kayak started for the ASK Vorwärts Potsdam . The competitions of friendship he won in 1984 in the four-man kayak , in the double kayak he reached with Jens Fiedler third. At the Canoe World Championships in Mechelen in 1985, he and Guido Behling took second place over 500 meters behind New Zealanders Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald . The following year, Bliesener won silver again at the World Championships in Montreal: In the four-person kayak, only the Hungarian boat crossed the finish line ahead of Guido Behling, Hans-Jörg Bliesener, Jens Fiedler and Thomas Vaske. At the Olympic canoe competitions in Seoul in 1988, Bliesener won the bronze medal behind the boats from Hungary and the Soviet Union together with Kay Bluhm , André Wohllebe and Andreas Stähle .
After completing his degree in economics, Bliesener started at the Karstadt department store group , where he managed various branches, for example in Gütersloh, Dresden and Bochum. In addition, Bliesener is active in the senior sector as a canoeist.
Awards (selection)
- 1984 - Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
- 1986 - Silver Star of Friendship of Nations
- 1988 - Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
literature
- Volker Kluge : Lexicon athletes in the GDR . New Life Publishing House, Berlin 2009 ISBN 978-3-355-01759-6
Web links
- Hans-Jörg Bliesener in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karstadt in the Ruhrpark fulfills Christmas wishes. Caritas Association for Bochum and Wattenscheid e. V., December 1, 2011, accessed on August 20, 2012 (press release).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bliesener, Hans-Jörg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German canoeists |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5th 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brandenburg on the Havel |