Manfred Schneider (rower)
Manfred Schneider (born October 9, 1941 in Schwerin ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic who won an Olympic bronze medal with an eighth in 1972 .
Manfred Schneider started at SG Dynamo Schwerin and then switched to coach Elmar Antony at SC Dynamo Berlin . In the 1960s, Schneider took third places several times at GDR championships in singles and doubles, and it was only relatively late in his career that Schneider switched to belt boats . At the Olympic Games in 1968 he finished seventh with the GDR eighth. In 1970 he won his first GDR championship title with the eighth. 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 title at the GDR championships, but also took second place at the European championships in Copenhagen the German 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 Schneider is married to the rower Inge Schneider (née Gabriel). The trained boat builder later studied political science and worked in the finance department of the Dynamo sports association.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Lexicon athletes in the GDR . New Life Publishing House, Berlin 2009 ISBN 978-3-355-01759-6
Web links
- Manfred Schneider in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- German successes at European rowing championships
- GDR championships in the eighth
- GDR championships in four with a helmsman
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schneider, Manfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwerin |