Ingo von Bredow

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Ingo von Bredow (born December 12, 1939 in Schleswig ; † November 4, 2015 ) was a German regatta sailor from the von Bredow family .

Family environment

Ingo von Bredow came from the Stechow family of his widespread family. He was the son of Colonel Mathias von Bredow (1898–1971) and Ingeborg Bühring.

Athletic career

Ingo von Bredow won the world championship title in the Flying Dutchman boat class together with Rolf Mulka in 1956 . At the Olympic Games in 1956 , the two competed in the Sharpie boat class and finished sixth. 1957 Mulka and von Bredow won both the German championships and the world championships in the Flying Dutchman; at the European Championships they came second behind the Swiss Pierre Siegenthaler and Michel Buzzi . In 1959 Mulka and von Bredow won their second German championship title, and at the world championships they took third place behind the Italians Mario Capio / Tullio Pizzorno and the British Adrian Jardine / Angus Fryer .

At the Olympic Games in 1960 , the sailing competitions took place in the Gulf of Naples and there the Flying Dutchman boat class was on the Olympic program for the first time. In the eliminations for the all-German team , the Berliners Hans-Joachim Kadelbach and Karsten Meyer had actually won, but the team management decided in favor of Rolf Mulka and Ingo von Bredow because of their greater experience. The two took third place with their boat Macky VI in the first race and won the seventh and final race. Von Bredow was unable to take part in the fourth race due to an injury, and Kadelbach stepped in as a substitute. In the rest days between the fourth and fifth races, von Bredow recovered enough that he could take part in the last three races. In the overall standings, the Norwegians Bjørn Bergvall and Peder Lunde Jr. won. before the Danes Hans Fogh and Ole Gunnar Petersen . Mulka and von Bredow received the bronze medal, substitute Kadelbach received no medal.

Ingo von Bredow and Rolf Mulka started for the North German Regatta Club from Hamburg.

For his sporting successes, Ingo von Bredow received the Silver Laurel Leaf on September 9, 1960 with his partner Rolf Mulka .

literature

  • Bodo Harenberg (ed.): The stars of the sport from A-Z . Habel, Darmstadt 1970.
  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary in the Pinneberger Tageblatt from November 7, 2015
  2. ^ Genealogical manual of the nobility, Volume A XVI, page 149
  3. ^ Genealogical manual of the nobility, Volume A XVI, pages 154, 155
  4. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle II p. 648, note 495
  5. ↑ The rule that substitutes who are deployed are also awarded a medal has only existed since the 1984 Olympic Games.
  6. ↑ Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag - Drucksache 7/1040, p. 78. (Erroneously named Ingo von Brado)
personal data
SURNAME Bredow, Ingo von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German regatta sailor
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Schleswig
DATE OF DEATH 4th November 2015