Herbert Schmidt (rower)

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Herbert Schmidt (born January 28, 1914 ; † September 18, 2002 ) was a German rower who won an Olympic bronze medal with an eighth in 1936.

Herbert Schmidt 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 course . 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.

Völs, Loeckle, Hannemann and Schmidt had taken second place in the four without a helmsman in the German championship in 1936 in addition to the title in eighth , in 1937 the four rowers took third place. Schmidt later switched to the Berlin rowing club . In 1942, the four without a helmsman of the Berlin RC with the line-up of Gerd Völs, Walter Volle , Hans Kuschke and Herbert Schmidt became German champions. In 1943 Schmidt won the German championship again in eighth place.

In 1948 Herbert Schmidt was the first editor-in-chief of the East Berlin daily newspaper Deutsches Sportecho . As a West Berliner, he was soon dismissed. Schmidt then built up the sports department at Sender Free Berlin .

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  1. ↑ Volker Kluge: Die Chronik I. page 914, note 384
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SURNAME Schmidt, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rower
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1914
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 2002