Joachim Werner (rower)

The Vice European Champions 1964 from left to right: Egbert Hirschfelder, Joachim Werner, Bernhard Britting, Peter Neusel, Jürgen Oelke

Joachim Werner (born July 19, 1939 in Berlin ; † July 10, 2010 there ) was a German rower . In 1964 he became Olympic champion in a four-man with helmsman .

The rower from the Berlin Rowing Club was put into the four-man team in 1963 by trainer Walter Volle together with Egbert Hirschfelder , who had become world champion in 1962. The new line-up with Peter Neusel , Bernhard Britting , Joachim Werner, Egbert Hirschfelder and helmsman Jürgen Oelke was able to build on the successes of the previous crew. The boat won the German championship straight away and won the European championship in Copenhagen ahead of the boats from Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. In 1964 Neusel, Britting, Werner, Hirschfelder and Oelke won the championship again. At the European Championships in Amsterdam, however, they were defeated by the newly assembled Russian boat, the Berlin four received silver ahead of the Italian boat. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union won the three preliminary runs. On the final day, October 15th, the conditions were a bit difficult due to strong winds. The Soviet European championship boat had its problems with the conditions and took fifth place, while the Berlin boat won the gold medal ahead of the Italians.

Joachim Werner was employed by the (West) Berlin regional finance office.

literature

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

Web links

• Joachim Werner in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• German successes at world championships
• European championships in four with a helmsman

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kluge, p. 835, note 521