Michael Buchheit
Michael Anton Buchheit (* 25. October 1967 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a former German lightweight - rowers won five medals at world championships, including three golds.
Athletic career
The international career of 1.82 m tall Michael Buchheit began in 1989 at the World Championships in Bled. The German lightweight four without a helmsman won the title in the line-up of Klaus Altena , Stephan Fahrig , Michael Buchheit and Bernhard Stomporowski . The following year the four-man won the 1990 World Championships in Tasmania in the same line-up. In 1991 at the World Championships in Vienna, Buchheit competed with Kai von Warburg in the lightweight double scull and won his third world title. In 1992 Buchheit rowed the German lightweight eighth at the World Championships in Montreal and won the bronze medal. Buchheit won his next international medal at the 1995 World Championships in Tampere. There the German lightweight four without a helmsman with Oliver Rau , Martin Weis , Buchheit and Stomporowski received the bronze medal. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, lightweight rowing was on the Olympic program for the first time. The German lightweight foursome with Tobias Rose , Weis, Buchheit and Stomporowski finished fifth, two and a half seconds behind the bronze medal.
In 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995 and 1996 Buchheit was German champion in the lightweight foursome without a helmsman. He also won German championship titles in four other lightweight boat classes. In 1987 and 1988 Buchheit, starting for Germania Düsseldorf , was German champion in the lightweight quadruple sculls . In 1990, 1991 and 1992 he was German champion in the lightweight eight. In 1991 Buchheit, starting for the rowing club at Wannsee , was German champion in the lightweight double scull with Kai von Warburg. In 1996 he won together with Martin Weis in the lightweight two-man without a helmsman .
Web links
- Michael Buchheit in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Michael Buchheit at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 837f
- ↑ German championships in the lightweight four-man without a helmsman
- ↑ German championships in lightweight quadruple sculls
- ↑ German championships in the lightweight eighth
- ^ German championships in lightweight double sculls
- ↑ German championships in lightweight two-man without a helmsman
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bookness, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buchheit, Michael Anton (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |