Manfred Schmorde
Manfred Schmorde (born September 18, 1946 in Großsteinberg ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic who won an Olympic bronze medal with an eighth in 1972 .
Manfred Schmorde started out as a footballer and was discovered for rowing because of his height of 1.92 meters. He rowed for SC Dynamo Berlin , where he trained under Elmar Antony . In 1970 he won together with Hartmut Schreiber and Reinhard Zahn at the GDR championships in two with helmsman . Before the World Championships in St. Catharines , Canada , Klaus-Dieter Ludwig replaced Reinhard Zahn as helmsman, Schreiber, Schmorde and Ludwig won the silver medal behind the Romanian boat. 1971 Antony put together a new foursome with helmsman : Harold Dimke as batsman, Manfred Schneider , Manfred Schmorde, Hartmut Schreiber and helmsman Dietmar Schwarz not only won the GDR championships, but also took second place behind the West German at the European championships in Copenhagen Bull quad with Peter Berger on the beat.
In 1972, the entire foursome changed to eighth, which competed at the Olympic Games on the Oberschleißheim regatta course with the line-up of Hans-Joachim Borzym , Jörg Landvoigt , Harold Dimke, Manfred Schneider, Hartmut Schreiber, Manfred Schmorde, Bernd Landvoigt , Heinrich Mederow and Dietmar Schwarz . The eighth finished third behind the boats from the Soviet Union and the Netherlands, but won his semi-finals ahead of the boats from the Soviet Union and the United States. The New Zealanders won the final, with the GDR rowers rowing the bronze medal six hundredths of a second behind the United States.
Manfred Schmorde is a trained bricklayer, he was later employed as a skipper, driver and sports warden.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Lexicon athletes in the GDR. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-355-01759-6
Web links
- Manfred Schmorde in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- German success at rowing world championships
- German successes at European rowing championships
- GDR championships in two with a helmsman
- GDR championships in four with a helmsman
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmorde, Manfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grosssteinberg |