Thorsten Streppelhoff

Thorsten Streppelhoff (born August 15, 1969 in Dorsten ) is a former German rower who won two Olympic medals with the Germany eight .

At the 1990 World Rowing Championships , the rower from the Dorsten rowing club competed in a four-man without a helmsman and finished sixth. The following year, coach Ralf Holtmeyer appointed him to eighth . In the cast Roland Baar , Ansgar Wessling , Mark Mauerwerk , Thorsten Streppelhoff, Jürgen Hecht , Claas-Peter Fischer , Dirk Balster , Martin Steffes-Mies and helmsman Manfred Kleinthe Germany eight won the title at the 1991 World Championships in Vienna. Only rowers from the Federal Republic of Germany sat in the boat. In the boat put together by Ralf Holtmeyer for the 1992 Olympic Games , Hans Sennewald and Detlef Kirchhoff also sat for the first time two rowers from the GDR in the Germany eight. With the cast of Roland Baar, Ansgar Wessling, Hans Sennewald, Bahne Rabe , Armin Eichholz , Detlef Kirchhoff, Thorsten Streppelhoff, Frank Richter and helmsman Manfred Klein, the boat won the bronze medal in Barcelona behind the crews from Canada and Romania.

For this he received - together with the crew - the silver laurel leaf on June 23, 1993 .

In 1993 the boat was largely re-manned, with the long-time helmsman Manfred Klein, Peter Thiede , succeeding the last mate of the GDR aft. In the line-up of Roland Baar, Peter Hoeltzenbein , Stefan Scholz , Frank Richter, Thorsten Streppelhoff, Andreas Lütkefels , Colin von Ettingshausen , Martin Steffes-Mies and Peter Thiede, the Germany eight won the World Rowing Championships in Roudnice, Czech Republic . In the 1994 season, Streppelhoff competed with Peter Hoeltzenbein in two without a helmsman . At the World Championships in Indianapolis , the two won silver behind the British Steven Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent . In 1995, Streppelhoff took sixth place at the world championships with the four without a helmsman. For the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Streppelhoff returned to the Germany eight. In the line-up of Roland Baar, Ulrich Viefers , Thorsten Streppelhoff, Detlef Kirchhoff, Marc Weber , Wolfram Huhn , Mark Kleinschmidt , Frank Richter and Peter Thiede, the Germany eight won silver behind the boat from the Netherlands.

Thorsten Streppelhoff studied mechanical engineering and process engineering during his career. As a student at the University of Cambridge , he took part in the Boat Race in 1994 . In 2008 he became Managing Director of edding international GmbH , and in 2012 he was also appointed Chief Operating Officer of edding AG .

literature

• National Olympic Committee for Germany: Atlanta 96. The German Olympic team . Frankfurt am Main 1996

Web links

• Thorsten Streppelhoff in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• German success at rowing world championships

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cast according to the TVK Essen website ( memento of the original from January 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: ... on June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded ... disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 1992, with the silver laurel leaf ...
3. ↑ Personnel: Sporty logistician rises. In: www.logistik-heute.de. December 19, 2012, accessed January 16, 2016 .