Heinz Kaufmann (rower)
Heinz Kaufmann (born September 20, 1913 in Berlin ; † August 31, 1997 there ) was a German rower who won an Olympic bronze medal with an eighth in 1936.
Heinz Kaufmann rowed for the rowing company Wiking Berlin. At the German Championship in Berlin in 1936, the eighth of Wiking Berlin won ahead of two eights, which had been formed as cross-club rowing communities for the Olympic Games. The eighth of Wiking Berlin qualified for the Olympic regatta , which, like the German championship, was held on the Berlin-Grünau regatta route . The boat in the line-up of Alfred Rieck , Helmut Radach , Hans Kuschke , Heinz Kaufmann, Gerd Völs , Werner Loeckle , Hans-Joachim Hannemann , Herbert Schmidt and helmsman Wilhelm Mahlow took second place behind the boat from the third run at the Olympic regatta Switzerland, but was able to qualify as the winner of the first intermediate run for the final. In the finals, the first three boats reached the finish line within a second, the boat from the United States won ahead of the Italians and the Germans.
In 1937, Kaufmann and Mahlow switched to the four-man team , together with Willy Ewert , Erich Knorr and Walter Kaps, they won the German Championship and the European Championship in Amsterdam. In 1941, Kaufmann won another German championship title with the eighth of the Berlin Rowing Club .
Web links
- Heinz Kaufmann in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- German successes at European championships
- German champions in the eighth
- German champions in four with helmsman
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaufmann, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1997 |
| Place of death | Berlin |