Klaus Jacob (rower)
Klaus Jacob (born April 20, 1943 in Aussig ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic . In 1968 he won the silver medal in the four with helmsman at the Olympic Games .
Klaus Jacob started for the SC Einheit Dresden and trained under Hans Eckstein . From 1965 he sat in a double without a helmsman with Manfred Gelpke , with whom he became GDR champion in 1966. In 1965 and 1970 he finished second in the eighth place in the GDR championship. In 1968 a purely Dresden eight won the GDR championship title. In this boat sat Frank Forberger , Dieter Grahn , Peter Kremtz , Frank Rühle , Klaus Jacob, Manfred Gelpke, Dieter Schubert , Roland Göhler and helmsman Dieter Semetzky . From this boat, Hans Eckstein formed a four-man without a helmsman from Forberger, Grahn, Schubert and Rühle and a four-man with a helmsman from Jacob, Gelpke, Kremtz, Göhler and Semetzky for the 1968 Olympic Games . On the Xochimilco regatta course , the four-man won without gold, the four-man with brought silver behind the New Zealanders. For winning the silver medal, Jacob was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze. In 1969 he was once again GDR champion in the four.
Klaus Jacob was a trained lathe operator. He studied at the TU Dresden , after completing his doctorate, he was senior assistant in the motor vehicles / agricultural and conveyor technology section. After the fall of the Wall he was at the Institute for Materials Handling, Construction Machinery and Logistics.
literature
- Volker Kluge : The great lexicon of GDR athletes. The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes and biographies. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-348-9 . Page 179.
Web links
- Klaus Jacob in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ GDR championships in the eighth
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , November 9, 1968, p. 8
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jacob, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aussig |