Thomas Lange

Thomas Lange 1987

Thomas Lange 1985

Thomas Lange (born February 27, 1964 in Lutherstadt Eisleben ) is a former German rower .

Life

Long homeland club was the SC Chemie Halle , later the Ratzeburg rowing club . He won the gold medal in a single for the GDR at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and repeated this victory four years later in Barcelona . In the summer of 1996 he got out of the competition boat for the last time after winning the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta . In 1997 he was awarded the highest honor in rowing, the Thomas Keller Medal , by the world rowing association FISA . In 1984 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold in the GDR . In 1988 he received the Star of Friendship of Nations in gold.

Thomas Lange is married, now lives as a surgeon in Ratzeburg and has two sons. He is occasionally still active in Masters regattas and has been chairman of the Ratzeburg Rowing Club since 2016.

successes

1980 Junior World Champion in double sculls
1981 Junior World Champion in single
1982 Junior World Champion in single
1983 world champion in double sculls
1985 world champion in double sculls
1987 world champion (Copenhagen) in singles
1988 Olympic champion (Seoul) in one
1989 world champion (Bled) in single
1991 World Champion (Vienna) in one
1992 Olympic champion (Barcelona) in one
1996 Olympic Knight (Atlanta) in one

literature

Short biography for: Lange, Thomas . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Individual evidence

^ New Germany , 1./2. September 1984, p. 4
↑ Neues Deutschland, 12./13. November 1988, p. 4
^ Berthold Witting: Ratzeburg: Thomas Lange new RRC chairman. In: www.rudern.de. German Rowing Association, February 20, 2016, accessed on February 21, 2016 .

Web links

Thomas Lange in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Lange, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German rower
DATE OF BIRTH	February 27, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lutherstadt Eisleben

[1] New Germany , 1./2. September 1984, p. 4

[2] Neues Deutschland, 12./13. November 1988, p. 4

[3] Berthold Witting: Ratzeburg: Thomas Lange new RRC chairman. In: www.rudern.de. German Rowing Association, February 20, 2016, accessed on February 21, 2016 .