Ulrich Viefers
Ulrich Viefers (born May 26, 1972 in Oberhausen ) is a former rower who won an Olympic silver medal in eighth place in 1996.
Ulrich Viefers started for the rowing club on Lake Baldeney . In 1993 he won the German championship with the four-man with helmsman in the line-up of Stefan Forster , Mark Kleinschmidt , Ulrich Viefers, Marc Weber and helmsman Guido Groß and took third place at the world championship. In 1994 and 1995 Viefers sat in the four without a helmsman and took sixth place at the world championships twice.
In 1996 at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Viefers was eighth in Germany . Frank Richter , Mark Kleinschmidt, Wolfram Huhn , Marc Weber, Detlef Kirchhoff , Thorsten Streppelhoff , Ulrich Viefers and batsman Roland Baar rowed with helmsman Peter Thiede almost two seconds behind the Dutch boat in the Olympic final and received the silver medal. 1997 Viefers belonged again to Germany eighth, who finished fifth at the World Cup. Until 1999 Viefers remained active in the area of the Germany eight, but was no longer in the major championships.
Ulrich Viefers has been diabetic since 1995 ; but he was able to continue his competitive sports career with daily insulin injections.
literature
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: Atlanta 96. The German Olympic team . Frankfurt am Main 1996
Web links
- Ulrich Viefers in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- German successes at world championships
- German championships in eighth
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich Viefers in the Munzinger Archive , accessed on August 13, 2009 ( beginning of article freely accessible)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Viefers, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberhausen |