Olaf Engelhardt
Olaf Engelhardt (born March 2, 1951 in Berlin ) is a former German sailor who competed for the German Democratic Republic .
Athletic career
In 1973 a new crew was formed in the Soling class at SC Berlin-Grünau . Dieter Below and Michael Zachries had previously competed in the kite class , and 1.88 m tall Olaf Engelhardt joined the team. At the European Championships in 1973 Below, Zachries and Engelhardt won in front of an Austrian boat and the second GDR boat with Roland Schwarz , Lothar Köpsel and Werner Christoph . The following year, Willi Kuhweide's German crew won the 1974 European Championships in front of Roland Schwarz and Dieter Below's boats. In 1976, Below, Zachries and Engelhardt won the European Championships in front of the Danish team with Valdemar Bandolowski , Erik Hansen and Poul Høj Jensen . At the 1976 Olympic Regatta , the Danes won ahead of the third place in the 1975 World Championship from the USA, followed by Below, Zachries and Engelhardt the Olympic bronze medal. In 1978, Belows' crew won bronze again at the European Championships, then Engelhardt switched to the star boat . Together with Wolf-Eberhard Richter , he finished eighth at the 1980 Olympic Games in Tallinn, with Bernd Jäkel jumping in for Engelhardt in the fourth race .
Engelhardt was employed as a fitter in the Oberspree cable works .
literature
- Volker Kluge : Lexicon athletes in the GDR. Neues Leben, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-355-01759-6 , p. 99.
Web links
- Olaf Engelhardt in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- World and European championships in Soling on sport-komplett.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engelhardt, Olaf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German regatta sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |