Peter Niehusen

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Peter Niehusen (born July 15, 1951 in Lübeck ) is a former German rower . As the helmsman of the Ratzeburg Germany eight , he first won two gold medals at European and World Championships, and as a rower from 1973 to 1976 three bronze medals at World Championships and Olympic Games.

After the Olympic silver medal for the Germany eighth in 1964, Niehusen moved to the position of helmsman as the successor to Thomas Ahrens . In 1965 and 1966 Niehusen drove eighth to the German championship. In 1965 in Duisburg the eighth won the European championship, in 1966 the boat won the world championship in Bled. In 1967 Gunther Tiersch came on board as a helmsman because Niehusen could no longer maintain the critical weight limit of 50 kg.

In contrast to other young helmsmen in rowing, whose careers end when they become too difficult for the position of helmsman, Niehusen returned to world class a few years later, this time as an active rower. The rower from the Lübeck Rowing Society was in Germany eighth at the 1973 European Championships in Moscow when the boat took fifth place. In 1974 Niehusen switched to the four-wheeler with helmsman ; In the line-up of Hans-Johann Färber , Ralph Kubail , Peter-Michael Kolbe , Peter Niehusen and helmsman Uwe Benter , the boat took third place behind the boats from the GDR and the Soviet Union at the World Championships in Lucerne. In the following year Dieter Knief competed in Nottingham instead of Kolbe and Hartmut Wenzel instead of Benter, the boat won the World Championship bronze again, the Soviet boat won ahead of the boat from the GDR. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , the four started with the line-up of Hans-Johann Färber, Ralph Kubail, Siegfried Fricke , Peter Niehusen and Hartmut Wenzel. Behind the boats from the Soviet Union and the GDR, the boat won the third bronze medal at the season highlight in a row.

On May 10, 1967, he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf for his athletic achievements .

Peter Niehusen was the active spokesman for the German national rowing team.

During his sporting career, Niehusen studied business administration and received his doctorate shortly after the Olympic Games in Montreal. He was a graduate scholarship holder of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation . Niehusen worked in the cigarette industry for 20 years. a. as a board member at Reemtsma cigarette factories . Today he lives as a self-employed management consultant in Hamburg and works in sports marketing.

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: The Olympic Team of the Federal Republic of Germany Frankfurt am Main 1976

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 74
personal data
SURNAME Niehusen, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rower
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck