Willi Padge
Willi Padge (born October 4, 1943 in Mölln ) is a former German rower . He won Olympic gold in Rome in 1960.
Willi Padge started for the Ratzeburg rowing club . In 1958 he was the helmsman in the eighth that was newly formed by coach Karl Adam and won the German championships. In 1959 Adam formed an eight from rowers from his Ratzeburg rowing club and from ATV Ditmarsia Kiel . This racing community became German champions with the line-up of Klaus Bittner , Karl-Heinz Hopp , Hans Lenk , Manfred Rulffs , Frank Schepke , Kraft Schepke , Walter Schröder and Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck with Padge as helmsman. Shortly thereafter, the eighth also won the European Championships in 1959. The media coverage of this victory for the Germany eighth was enormous, the boat was voted Team of the Year .
Together with the Germany eight, he received the Silver Laurel Leaf on December 9, 1960 .
In 1960 the eighth won the German championships and also qualified for the Olympic Games in the all-German Olympic qualification . At the Olympic regattas on Lake Albano , the eighth won his prelim and also won the final with a time of 5: 57.18 minutes ahead of the boat from Canada. The nine athletes were once again named Team of the Year.
literature
- Bodo Harenberg (editorial): The stars of the sport from A-Z . Darmstadt 1970
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .
Web links
- Willi Padge in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ German champions in the eighth
- ↑ German successes at European rowing championships
- ^ Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 73
1900: Carr , DeBaecke , Exley , Geiger , Hedley , Juvenal , Lockwood , Marsh , Stm. Abell (USA) | 1904: Cresser , Gleason , Schell , Flanagan , Armstrong , Lott , Dempsey , Exley , Stm. Abell (USA) | 1908: Gladstone , Kelly , Johnstone , Nickalls , Burnell , Sanderson , Etherington-Smith , Bucknall , Stm. Maclagan (GBR) | 1912: Burgess , Swann , Wormwald , Horsfall , Gillan , Garton , Kirby , Fleming , Stm. Wells (GBR) | 1920: Jacomini , Graves , Jordan , Moore , Sanborn , Johnston , Gallagher , King , Stm. Clark (USA) | 1924: Carpenter , Kingsbury , Lindley , Miller , Rockefeller , Sheffield , Spock , Wilson , Stoddard (USA) | 1928: Stalder , Brinck , Frederick , Thompson , Dally , Workman , Caldwell , Donlon , Stm. Blessing (USA) | 1932: Salisbury , Blair , Gregg , Dunlap , Jastram , Chandler , Tower , Hall , Stm. Graham (USA) | 1936: Morris , Day , Adam , White , McMillin , Hunt , Rantz , Hume , Stm. Moch (USA) | 1948: I. Turner , D. Turner , Hardy , Ahlgren , Butler , Brown , Smith , Stack , Stm. Purchase (USA) | 1952: Shakespeare , Fields , Dunbar , Murphy , Detweiler , Proctor , Frye , Stevens , Stm. Manring (USA) | 1956: Charlton , Wight , Cooke , Beer , Esselstyn , Grimes , Wailes , Morey , Stm. Becklean (USA) | 1960: Bittner , Hopp , Lenk , Rulffs , F. Schepke , K. Schepke , Schröder , von Groddeck , Stm. Padge (EUA) | 1964: Amlong , Amlong , Budd , Clark , Cwiklinski , Foley , Knecht , Stowe , Stm. Zimonyi (USA) | 1968: Meyer , Schreyer , Henning , Hottenrott , Ulbricht , Hirschfelder , Siebert , Ott , Stm. Tiersch (GER) | 1972: Hurt , Veldman , Joyce , Hunter , Wilson , Earl , Coker , Robertson , Stm. Dickie (NZL) | 1976: Baumgart , Döhn , Klatt , Kostulski , Lück , Wendisch , Karnatz , Prudöhl , Stm. Danielowski (GDR) | 1980: Krauss , Koppe , Kons , Friedrich , Doberschütz , Karnatz , Dühring , Höing , Stm. Ludwig (GDR) | 1984: Horn , Crawford , Mi. Evans , Steele , Main , Ma. Evans , Neufeld , Turner , Stm. McMahon (CAN) | 1988: Möllenkamp , Mellinghaus , Eichholz , Schultz , Wessling , Maennig , Rabe , Domian , Stm. Klein (GER) | 1992: Barber , Crosby , Forgeron , Marland , Porter , Rascher , Robertson , Wallace , Stm. Paul (CAN) | 1996: Maasdijk , Florijn , Bartman , Zwolle , van der Zwan , van Steenis , Simon , Rienks , Stm. Duyster (NED) | 2000: Lindsay , Hunt-Davis , Dennis , Attrill , Grubor , West , Scarlett , Trapmore , St. Douglas (GBR) | 2004: Read , Allen , Ahrens , Hansen , Deakin , Beery , Hoopman , Volpenhein , Stm. Cipollone (USA) | 2008: Byrnes , Hamilton , Howard , Kreek , Light , Rutledge , Seiterle , Wetzel , Stm. Price (CAN) | 2012: Adamski , Kuffner , Johannesen , Reinelt , Schmidt , Müller , Mennigen , Wilke , Stm. Sauer (GER) | 2016: Bennett , Durant , Gotrel , Langridge , Ransley , Reed , Satch , Hodge , Stm. Hill (GBR)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Padge, Willi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower and Olympic champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mölln |