Norbert Keßlau
Norbert Keßlau (born July 13, 1962 in Dortmund ) is a former German rower . Keßlau belonged to the Ruhr-Vierer , one of the world's best boats in the four-man boat class in the 1980s .
The rower from the rowing club Hansa from 1898 in Dortmund began rowing in 1978, he already rowed in the same boat as a youth with his club mate Jörg Puttlitz . In 1982 Keßlau was a substitute rower at the World Rowing Championships. In 1983 Puttlitz and Keßlau joined the Witten brothers Guido and Volker Grabow . The newly composed four-man from the Ruhr not only won the title at the German Championships, but also won the World Rowing Championships in Duisburg. The four rowers defended the German championship title from 1984 to 1986. At the 1984 Olympic Games , the four-man finished fourth, one and a half seconds behind the Danish bronze medalists. In 1985 the four rowers repeated the world championship win of 1983, the following year they were runner-up behind the boat from the United States. In 1987 Keßlau took a break, but returned in 1988. The four-man from the Ruhr was subject to a racing community with Eckhardt Schultz , Ansgar Wessling , Matthias Mellinghaus and Thomas Möllenkamp at the German championships in 1988 . These four rowers included in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul to Germany rollercoaster , with whom she won gold. Before the Olympic Games, Keßlau took the position of batsman in the Ruhr four-man, and the boat took third place in Seoul. In 1989 Keßlau and Puttlitz together with Mark Mauerwerk and Frank Dietrich from Würzburg were once again German champions in the four-man championship. In 1985, 1986 and 1989 Keßlau and Puttlitz also won the German championships in eighth place .
In 1986 he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf for his sporting success .
literature
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Seoul 1988 . Frankfurt am Main 1988
Web links
- Norbert Keßlau in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- German success at rowing world championships
- German championships in four without a helmsman
- German championships in eighth
Individual evidence
- ^ Ruder-Club Witten, Annual Review 1986: Volker and Guido Grabow, Jörg Puttlitz and Norbert Keßlau received the silver laurel leaf awarded by the Federal President. Presented by Federal Minister of the Interior Zimmermann ...
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keßlau, Norbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |