Wilhelm Baues
Wilhelm "Willi" Bernd Baues (born November 21, 1948 in Mönchengladbach ) is a former German canoeist who competed in the canoe slalom for the Federal Republic of Germany.
Baues started for the KC Grevenbroich. Together with Hans-Otto Schumacher he became German champion in two-man canoes in 1970, 1972 and 1974 .
At the 1972 Olympic Games , Olympic canoe slalom competitions were held for the first time. On the Augsburger Eiskanal won Rolf-Dieter Amend and Walter Hofmann from the GDR before Schumacher and construction and the French brothers Olry.
In 1973 Schumacher / Baues took third place at the World Championships in Muotathal behind Jiri Krejza and Jaroslav Pollert from Czechoslovakia and Klaus Trummer and Jürgen Kretschmer from the GDR; Schumacher and Baues won the team competition together with Michael Reimann and Olaf Fricke as well as Karl-Heinz Scheffer and Jürgen Steinschulte before Czechoslovakia, the team from the GDR received the bronze medal.
For winning the silver medal in the two-man canoe slalom at the Olympic Games in Munich, he and his partner Schumacher received the silver laurel leaf on September 10, 1972.
literature
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: Munich. Kiel. 1972. The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Frankfurt am Main 1972
Web links
- Willi Baues in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- World Championships Canoe Slalom
- German Championships Canoe Slalom
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sports report of the Federal Government of September 29, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 63
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baues, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baues, Willi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German canoeists |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mönchengladbach |