Uwe Kellner (rower)
Uwe Jörg Kellner (born March 17, 1966 in Jena ) is a former German rower . In 1992 he won the silver medal in the four-man team at the Olympic Games and received the silver laurel leaf with the team on June 23, 1993 .
Uwe Kellner rowed for SC Dynamo Berlin until 1990 and then for SC Berlin. In 1983 he was junior world champion in two with helmsman . In 1985, Kellner took fifth place at the World Rowing Championships with the GDR eighth . In 1989 and 1990 Uwe Kellner won the GDR championships in two without a helmsman together with Thomas Jung ; the two rowers also won the World Rowing Championships in 1989 in Bled and in 1990 in Tasmania.
In 1992, coach Bernd Landvoigt formed a four-man helmsman with rowers from three Berlin clubs and one Potsdam club. Karsten Finger , Thoralf Peters , Ralf Brudel and Uwe Kellner were driven by Hendrik Reiher , who had already become Olympic champion with the GDR four in 1988. The newly assembled four-man won the German championships 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
- Uwe Kellner in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- German success at rowing world championships
- German championships in four with a helmsman
Individual evidence
- ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his duties in the field of sport: ... on June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded ... disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the 1992 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the silver laurel leaf ...
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waiter, Uwe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Waiter, Uwe Jörg (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jena |