Udo Brecht

Udo Brecht (born April 30, 1943 in Postmünster ) is a former German rower .

The two-meter man Udo Brecht from the rowing company Wetzlar was together with Hans-Johann Färber German champion in two-man without a helmsman in 1967 . At the European Rowing Championships in 1967 in Vichy, the two took third place. The following year, Niko Ott , Peter Berger , Brecht and Färber formed a four-man with helmsman together with helmsman Stefan Armbruster and won the German championship title in this boat class. At the Olympic Games in 1968 , the boat took fifth place in the preliminary run and, after two rowers fell ill, no longer competed in the small finals for places 7 to 12. Two years later, Udo Brecht and Lutz Ulbricht reached the final in an uncontrolled two at the 1970 World Rowing Championships and won the bronze medal.

literature

National Olympic Committee for Germany: Mexico 1968. Our team. Nuestro Equipo. Our team. Frankfurt am Main 1968

Web links

Udo Brecht in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
German successes at world championships
German successes at European championships

Footnotes

↑ In the Olympic brochure from 1968, Postmünster is given as the place of birth. According to the sports-reference database, Speyer is the place of birth, but sports-Reference also states that the height is 1.76 m; That this cannot be true can easily be checked on old photos.

personal data
SURNAME	Brecht, Udo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German rower
DATE OF BIRTH	April 30, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Postmünster

[1] In the Olympic brochure from 1968, Postmünster is given as the place of birth. According to the sports-reference database, Speyer is the place of birth, but sports-Reference also states that the height is 1.76 m; That this cannot be true can easily be checked on old photos.