Manuel Brehmer

Manuel Brehmer (born June 1, 1978 in Berlin ) is a former German rower . His greatest successes were the runner-up world title in the lightweight double sculls in 1999 as well as the two-time Olympic participation in the lightweight double sculls .

Career

Brehmer was a member of the national team for the first time in 1998, in the lightweight double scull he won silver with Dennis Niemeyer at the Nations Cup , the unofficial U23 World Championships. As early as 1999, both rowers, together with Thorsten Schmidt and Franz Mayer, formed a member of the German lightweight double scull, which won the silver medal at the World Championships in St. Catherines . In the following year, Brehmer also sat in the German lightweight quadruple, which this time reached fourth place.

Then Brehmer moved to Ingo Euler , the Olympic fourth in this boat class, in the Olympic lightweight double scull. In 2001 the team finished fourth at the World Championships, and in 2003 they came in fifth. In 2002 Brehmer rowed together with Peter Ording , and this combination also came in fourth. At the Olympic Games in Athens , Brehmer and Euler missed the semifinals and finished 13th with their victory in the C-final.

After the Olympic Games in Athens Jörg Lehnigk moved to Brehmer in the double scull, while Euler let his career come to an end. In 2005 and 2006, the team took sixth place at the World Championships. In 2006 Brehmer was also the first German champion in the lightweight single. In 2007, Brehmer and Lehnigk missed the final in the lightweight double scull at the World Championships in Munich , but with eighth place overall, Germany qualified for the Olympic Games in Beijing in this boat class .

In the spring of 2008 Brehmer was again German champion in the lightweight single, while Lehnigk only reached third place. Then the runner-up Jonathan Koch moved into the double scull with Brehmer, the team reached ninth place at the Olympic Games.

Brehmer, who started for the Rowing Union Arkona Berlin in 1879 , then ended his career.

International success

• 1998: 2nd place U23 world championships in lightweight double sculls
• 1999: 2nd place world championships in lightweight quadruple sculls
• 2000: 4th place in the lightweight quadruple championships
• 2001: 4th place in the world championships in lightweight double sculls
• 2002: 4th place in the world championships in lightweight double sculls
• 2003: 5th place world championships in lightweight double sculls
• 2004: 13th place Olympic Games in lightweight double sculls
• 2005: 6th place world championships in lightweight double sculls
• 2006: 6th place world championships in lightweight double sculls
• 2007: 8th place world championships in lightweight double sculls
• 2008: 9th place Olympic Games in lightweight double sculls

Web links

• Manuel Brehmer at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Manuel Brehmer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• German successes at world championships
• German championships in the lightweight single