Jan Herzog

Jan Herzog (born August 8, 1974 in Berlin ) is a former German rower. His club is the rowing club at Wannsee Berlin. He is related to the well-known rowing family El-Qalqili: Joel El-Qalqili and Iradj El-Qalqili are his cousins.

Life

Herzog first took part in the U23 World Championships in the lightweight double scull in 1994 , and in 1995 he won the silver medal in the same class.

In 1996, he was this result in the non-Olympic lightweight quadruple sculls be improved with the U-23 world title until he moved to the light belt area in 1997 and was immediately awarded with its partners Martin Weis , Roland Händle and Marcus Mielke the bronze medal in the lightweight coxless four in the 1997 rowing world championships in Aiguebelette .

In 1998 he switched to the difficult area, but was not considered at the World Championships in Cologne, which is why he decided to continue his medical studies. In 1999 he and his new partner Ike Landvoigt won the DRV -internal early test and was able to qualify for a rolling seat in the Germany eighth and thus also for the World Championships in St. Catharines (Canada), where he was only able to achieve tenth place and so that the direct Olympic qualification missed. After this result, Jan Herzog (like other successful rowers) never again found consideration for the figure eight, which after the Olympic Games with a new crew became the national parade boat and regular medal supplier again.

In 2000, Jan Herzog qualified as one of 14 oar rowers for the Olympic Games in Sydney (2 in twos, 4 in fours, 2 substitutes, as well as a lightweight foursome and two substitutes) to finish 11th in a foursome without a helmsman . To reach place. In 2001, under the new national coach Dieter Grahn , Herzog decided to start in two without a helmsman . There he narrowly missed the finals in the semifinals and was able to win the B final with Ike Landvoigt, thus reaching seventh place.

He was unable to participate in the 2002 season due to an injury sustained by the hand in the winter training camp. In 2003 he was also unable to qualify for the World Championships and again changed his partner for the Olympic season, Tobias Kühne from Hanover, with whom he again won the DRV's internal early test and fought his way through the Olympic qualification regatta.

At the games in Athens he then surprisingly reached the finals in two without a helmsman and was able to take sixth place there after winning the semi-finals. Together with his world championship medal in 1997, that was his greatest achievement.

In 2005 he found himself together again with his Olympic partner Tobias Kühne at the World Championships in Japan in a double without a helmsman and won the B final there again. Duke was able to win seven national titles and in 2008 for the Oxford University victorious at the Boat Race attend. He learned the rowing technique from his long-time trainer, the formerly successful rower Bernd Landvoigt .

International success

• 1995: 2nd place Nations Cup, lightweight double scull
• 1996: Nations Cup winner, lightweight quadruple scull
• 1997: 3rd place world championships, lightweight foursome
• 1999: 10th place world championships, eighth
• 1999: Winner of the Grand Challenge Cup Henley Royal Regatta
• 2000: 11th place at the Olympic Games, four without a helmsman
• 2001: 7th place world championships, two without a helmsman
• 2004: 6th place Olympic Games, two without a helmsman
• 2005: World Championships in Gifu (Japan) two-man without a helmsman, 7th place

Web links

• Jan Herzog in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Jan Herzog at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )