Harold Dimke
Harold Dimke (born November 21, 1949 in Berlin ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic who won an Olympic bronze medal with an eighth in 1972 .
Harold Dimke rowed under coach Elmar Antony at SC Dynamo Berlin . In 1969, together with Manfred Schneider and Hartmut Schreiber, as well as Peter Schulz and helmsman Reinhard Staeck, he took third place at the GDR championships in a four-man with helmsman . In 1970 Dimke rowed the four without a helmsman to third place. 1971 Antony put together a new foursome with helmsman: Harold Dimke as batsman, Manfred Schneider, Manfred Schmorde , Hartmut Schreiber and helmsman Dietmar Schwarz not only won the title at the GDR championships, but also took second place at the European championships in Copenhagen the German bull quad with Peter Berger on the beat.
In 1972, the entire foursome changed to eighth, which competed at the Olympic Games on the Oberschleißheim regatta course with the line-up of Hans-Joachim Borzym , Jörg Landvoigt , Harold Dimke, Manfred Schneider, Hartmut Schreiber, Manfred Schmorde, Bernd Landvoigt , Heinrich Mederow and Dietmar Schwarz . The eighth finished third behind the boats from the Soviet Union and the Netherlands, but won his semi-finals ahead of the boats from the Soviet Union and the United States. The New Zealanders won the final, with the GDR rowers rowing the bronze medal six hundredths of a second behind the United States.
Harold Dimke is a graduate economist and was employed by the Dynamo sports association.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Lexicon athletes in the GDR . New Life Publishing House, Berlin 2009 ISBN 978-3-355-01759-6
Web links
- Harold Dimke in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- German successes at European rowing championships
- GDR championships in four with a helmsman
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dimke, Harold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |