Hans-Konrad Trümpler

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Hans-Konrad Trümpler (born August 15, 1960 ) is a former Swiss rower who was world champion in the four-man class in 1982 .

The 1.94 m tall Trümpler formed, together with his club mate from Schaffhausen RC Stefan Netzle, a two-man without a helmsman , the two won the bronze medal behind the boats from the GDR and the USSR at the 1979 World Championships in Bled .

At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, the Swiss four-man without a helmsman in the line-up of Bruno Saile , Jürg Weitnauer , Hans-Konrad Trümpler and Stefan Netzle competed in spite of the Olympic boycott in numerous western countries , for which the rowers in their home country were severely attacked. The four Swiss reached the A-final and finished sixth out of twelve participating boats. In the same line-up, the Swiss rowed the silver medal behind the Soviet boat at the 1981 World Championships in Munich . The following year the World Championships were held in Lucerne, Saile, Weitnauer, Trümpler and Netzle won the only gold medal for the hosts ahead of the Soviet four. At the Olympic Games in 1984 , the four Swiss reached the A-final again and finished fifth.

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  1. From traitor to top lawyer ( memento from November 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (about Stefan Netzle) (PDF)