Jörg Spengler

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Jörg Spengler
Jörg Spengler (left) and Jörg Schmall (Photo: 2009)

Nationality: GermanyGermany Germany
Birthday: December 23, 1938
Place of birth: Remscheid
Date of death: November 26, 2013
Place of death: Nuremberg
Size: 186 cm
Weight: 81 kg
Society: Yacht Club Noris (YCN)
Boat classes: tornado
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World championships 2 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic games
bronze Montreal 1976 tornado
World championships
gold Copenhagen 1975 tornado
gold Long Beach 1977 tornado

Jörg Spengler (born December 23, 1938 in Remscheid ; † November 26, 2013 in Nuremberg ) was a German sailor .

Already in 1970 European champion with his co-sailor from Salzem , Spengler became world champion in 1975 together with Jörg Schmall . The two sailors belonged to the Noris Yacht Club . He won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games that took place the following year . Together with the German Olympic team, he received the Silver Laurel Leaf from Federal President Walter Scheel .

In 1977, this time at the start with Rolf Dullenkopf , he again won the Tornado World Championship. Architect Spengler was married and had two children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ready for the turnaround: Germany's sailors want to take off
  2. ↑ Stadt Landshut, Sportchronik 1974-76: ... 1976 .. Reception of the German Olympic team in October with Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in Bonn and award with the silver laurel leaf.
  3. ↑ Sailing - World and European Championships Men on www.sport-komplett.de
  4. ↑ World Champions ( Memento from July 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Olympic bronze medalist Jörg Spengler has died , accessed on December 3, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Spengler, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German regatta sailor
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Remscheid
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2013
Place of death Nuremberg