Reinhard Wendemuth

Reinhard Wendemuth (born January 1, 1948 in Braunschweig ) is a former German rower . He won the 1974 World Championship bronze in a four-man without a helmsman .

Wendemuth started for the rowing club Hansa from 1898 (Dortmund). In 1971 he won his first German championship title with the eighth . After becoming German champion in 1972 in the four without a helmsman and in the four with a helmsman, Wendemuth competed at the 1972 Olympic Games as the batsman of the Germany eight , the boat took fifth place in front of a home crowd on the Oberschleißheim regatta course after it had been on for a long time the medal places.

In 1974 Wendemuth won the German championship titles in the four without a helmsman and in the eight. The four without a helmsman with Peter van Roye , Klaus Jäger , Bernd Truschinski and Reinhard Wendemuth took third place behind the boats from the GDR and the Soviet Union at the 1974 rowing world championships on the Rotsee near Lucerne. In 1975 Wendemuth won the German championship titles in the four without a helmsman and in the eight. In 1976, Wendemuth concentrated entirely on the Germany eighth, he won the German championship title and finished fourth at the Olympic Games in Montreal. In 1977 Wendemuth won again the German championship title in eighth, it was his fifth title in this boat class and his ninth championship title ever.

literature

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

Web links

• Reinhard Wendemuth in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Reinhard Wendemuth at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )