Jörg Diesch

Jörg DieSchwester (* 29. September 1951 in Friedrichshafen ) is a German sailor and Olympic champion 1976th

Jörg Diesch was already successful as a teenager and junior together with his brother and crew Eckart . In 1968 and 1969 the two won the German Pirate Youth Championship . In 1972 they were world champion in Shark 24 and later in Fireball before Kingston, Canada . After the 1973 Flying Dutchman were switched, the two won in 1974 at the Kieler Woche . In the same year the two won bronze at the European championship, a year later bronze at the world championship. In 1976 at the Olympic Regatta , also before Kingston, the two did not manage to win a single day. With three second places, one third place and two fifth places, the brothers were nevertheless Olympic champions ahead of the British defending champion Rodney Pattison .

The Diesch brothers became German champions in 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1980. In 1980 they were also qualified for the Olympic Games in Tallinn, but were not allowed to participate because of the Olympic boycott. Four years later, the two did their second Olympic participation at the 1984 Olympic Regatta off Long Beach . On the last day of the regatta, the two achieved their first Olympic victory of the day, in the overall standings the two finished fifth.

The Diesch brothers come from a sailing family. Her father, the dentist Bruno Diesch , was European champion in the 30 m² skerry cruiser before World War II . Her main competitor in Germany during her career was her cousin Albert Batzill , who, also starting for the Württemberg Yacht Club in Friedrichshafen, became world champion in 1978 (with his brother Rudolf Batzill), 1981, 1986 and 1989, but competed for the first time in 1988 for the Olympic Games qualified.

In 1978 Jörg Diesch completed his medical studies with a doctorate. Today Jörg Diesch lives in Kiel and has an orthopedic practice. Together with Hans-Georg Kauth, he wrote the non-fiction book Regattasegeln .

literature

• National Olympic Committee for Germany: Los Angeles 1984. The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany . Frankfurt am Main 1984

Individual evidence

1. ^ NOK: Los Angeles 1984, p. 429