Ralf Brudel

Ralf Brudel
nation	German Democratic Republic , Germany
birthday	February 6, 1963
place of birth	Potsdam ,  GDR
size	192 cm
Weight	90 kg
Career
discipline	Rowing , belt
society	Sports club Berlin-Grünau
National squad	since 1980
status	resigned
End of career	1992
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 2 × 2 × 2 ×
Olympic games gold 1988 Seoul Foursome or two silver 1992 Barcelona Foursome m. Stm  World championships silver 1982 Lucerne Eighth silver 1983 Duisburg Eighth bronze 1986 Nottingham Foursome or two gold 1987 Copenhagen Foursome or two gold 1989 Bled Foursome or two bronze 1990 Tasmania Foursome or two
Last change: January 9, 2016

Ralf Brudel (born February 6, 1963 in Potsdam ) is a former rower who first started for the GDR and after the reunification for the reunified Germany .

He learned to row at the Werder rowing club , and later switched to SC Berlin-Grünau .

In the world rowing championships he has won numerous titles over the course of his career. He won silver in the men's eight in Lucerne in 1982 , silver in the men's eight in 1983 in Duisburg , bronze in the four without a helmsman at the 1986 World Championships in Nottingham , gold in the four without a helmsman in 1987 in Copenhagen , gold in the four without a helmsman in 1989 in Bled and Bronze in the four without a helmsman in 1990 in Tasmania . At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a gold medal in the four-man without a helmsman. After reunification, he was able to go to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and again to win an Olympic medal (silver) in a four-man without a helmsman.

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

In addition to his international titles, Brudel was GDR champion more than 13 times between 1982 and 1989. In 1988 he received the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold for his Olympic victory in Seoul .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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 ...
2. ↑ Neues Deutschland , 12./13. November 1988, p. 4

Web links

• Ralf Brudel at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Ralf Brudel in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Olympic champion in rowing on rrk-online.de
• World champion in rowing on rrk-online.de