Peter Hoeltzenbein

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Peter Hoeltzenbein (born April 7, 1971 in Münster ) is a former German rower who won an Olympic silver medal in two-man without a helmsman in 1992.

Career and Success

He was named Sportsman of the Year at the Sports Ball in 1989, 1991 and 1992 by the Sports Association of the City of Münster.

In 1991 Hoeltzenbein was third at the German Championships together with Colin von Ettingshausen . At the 1991 World Rowing Championships, the two reached the finals and took sixth place. In the following year, the two made a strong start to the season by winning the German championship in a time of 6:23 minutes. With that, the two traveled as co-favorites to the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. There the British Steven Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent won gold in 6:27 minutes. Hoeltzenbein and von Ettingshausen finished second in 6:32 minutes ahead of the Slovenes Iztok Čop and Denis Žvegelj.

For this he was awarded the silver bay leaf on June 23, 1993 .

In 1993 Hoeltzenbein and von Ettingshausen moved into the newly assembled Germany eight and became world champions with this boat. In 1994 Hoeltzenbein switched back to the two-man without a helmsman and won silver at the world championships together with Thorsten Streppelhoff . In 1995 Peter Hoeltzenbein moved to the University of Cambridge for a year and won the Boat Race with the Cambridge eighth . Then the lawyer ended his rowing career.

Peter Hoeltzenbein rowed for the RV Münster from 1882 .

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: Barcelona 1992. The German Olympic team , Frankfurt 1992

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten : The last round has started - high-speed final spurt: Many candidates are already giving full throttle in the new year , Münster's athlete of the year 2012, January 30, 2013
  2. ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his duties in the field of sport: ... on June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded ... disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the 1992 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the silver laurel leaf ...

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personal data
SURNAME Hoeltzenbein, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rower
DATE OF BIRTH April 7th 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster