Otto Liebing

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Otto Liebing (born March 31, 1891 in Berlin ; † November 7, 1967 ) was a German rower who won an Olympic bronze medal with an eighth in 1912 .

Liebing started for the Berlin rowing club from 1876 . In 1911 he won the German championship in the four without a helmsman together with Werner Dehn , Rudolf Reichelt and Hans Matthiae . With the eighth, the Berliners lost to the eighth from Stettin in the German championship. In 1912 the eighth with Otto Liebing as batsman, Max Bröske , Max Vetter , Willi Bartholomae , Fritz Bartholomae , Werner Dehn, Rudolf Reichelt, Hans Matthiae and helmsman Kurt Runge won the German championship in front of the boat from Mainz, the boat from Berlin RC Sport -Borussia gave up.

At the 1912 Olympic Games on Djurgårdsbrunnsviken in Stockholm, two boats competed against each other in a knockout system. The eighth of the Berlin RV from 1876 won the first round over a Hungarian eight. In the second round, two Berlin boats met, the RV from 1876 won over the boat from Sport-Borussia. In the semifinals, the boat with Liebing lost to the later Olympic champions from London's Leander Club . Since only three boats reached the semi-finals, the Germans were third in the Olympics.

After the First World War, Otto Liebing won another German championship title when he and Paul Graun won a two-man team without a helmsman in 1920 .

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SURNAME Liebing, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rower
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1967