Thoralf Peters
Thoralf Peters (born January 13, 1968 in Güstrow ) is a former German rower . In 1992 he won the silver medal in the four with helmsman at the Olympic Games .
Thoralf Peters rowed for SG Dynamo Potsdam until 1990 and then for the successor club Potsdamer Ruder-Gesellschaft. In 1989 Peters climbed into the four for Bernd Niesecke , who had become Olympic champion in Seoul. The Potsdam four in the line-up Frank Klawonn , Bernd Eichwurzel , Thoralf Peters, Karsten Schmeling and helmsman Hendrik Reiher won the GDR championship; at the World Championships in Bled, the boat took fourth place. In 1990 Peters and Klawonn won together with Uwe Schmidt the last GDR championship in two with helmsman , at the world championship in Tasmania the two came in sixth place.
In 1991, Klawonn, Peters and Reiher won the German championship in two with a helmsman, and the boat took fifth place in the world championship. In 1992, trainer Bernd Landvoigt formed a four-man helmsman with rowers from three Berlin clubs and the Potsdam Rowing Society . Karsten Finger , Thoralf Peters, Ralf Brudel and Uwe Kellner were driven by Hendrik Reiher. The newly assembled four-man won the German championship in 1992. At the 1992 Olympic Games , the boat won the silver medal one second behind the Romanian four-man.
literature
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: Barcelona 92. The German Olympic team . Frankfurt am Main 1992
Web links
- Thoralf Peters in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- GDR championships in two with a helmsman
- GDR championships in four with a helmsman
- German championships in two with helmsman
- German championships in four with a helmsman
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peters, Thoralf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guestrow |