Ingo Euler

Ingo Euler (born November 27, 1971 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a former German rower . His greatest successes were the bronze medals at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999 as well as the triple Olympic participation in the lightweight double scull .

Euler was a member of the German national team for the first time in 1992, at the Nations Cup , the unofficial U23 World Championships, he won gold with the lightweight quadruple. In the following year he represented Germany in the lightweight double scull and was U23 vice world champion.

In 1995 Euler won the German championships in the lightweight singles and then formed the German lightweight double scull with Peter Uhrig , the team finished tenth at the World Championships in Tampere and eleventh place at the Olympic Games in Atlanta a year later .

After the Olympic Games, Bernhard Rühling moved into the double scull with Euler, the team won world championship bronze in 1997 and 1999, and in 1998 the boat took fourth place. In these three years Euler and Rühling were also overall World Cup winners in the easy double sculls. At the Olympic Games in Sydney they missed the medal, in the final they finished fourth.

Since Rühling had ended his career, Euler rowed together with Manuel Brehmer in the lightweight double scull in 2001 and 2003, and the team reached fourth and fifth place at the world championships. In 2002 Euler became German champion in the lightweight single for the third time and also rowed this boat at the world championships, where he finished fourth. At the Olympic Games in Athens , Euler started in the lightweight double scull for the third time, but missed the semi-finals together with Brehmer. However, the team was able to win in the C-final and finished 13th overall.

In 2005 Euler was once again German champion in the lightweight single and started in this boat class at the World Championships in Gifu , where he finished sixth in the final.

Then Euler, who started for the Mainz RV , ended his career.

International success

• 1992: 1st place U23 world championships in lightweight quadruple sculls
• 1993: 2nd place U23 world championships in lightweight double sculls
• 1995: 10th place world championships in lightweight double sculls
• 1996: 11th place at the Olympic Games in lightweight double sculls
• 1997: 3rd place in the world championships in lightweight double sculls
• 1998: 4th place in the world championships in lightweight double sculls
• 1999: 3rd place in the world championships in lightweight double sculls
• 2000: 4th place at the Olympic Games in lightweight double sculls
• 2001: 4th place in the world championships in lightweight double sculls
• 2002: 4th place in the world championships in the lightweight single
• 2003: 5th place world championships in lightweight double sculls
• 2004: 13th place Olympic Games in lightweight double sculls
• 2005: 6th place in the world championships in the lightweight single

Web links

• Ingo Euler at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Ingo Euler in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )