Winfried Ringwald
Winfried Ringwald (born December 12, 1950 in Dittigheim , today Tauberbischofsheim ) is a former German rower .
Life
Winfried Ringwald started for the Ludwigshafen rowing club from 1878 . From 1971 to 1973 he and Alois Bierl won the German championship three times without a helmsman . In 1973 Bierl and Ringwald won together with helmsman Achim Roth in a pair with helmsman .
At the Olympic Games in 1972 , the 1.96 m tall ring forest rowed in the German eighth, which took fifth place. In 1973 Bierl and Ringwald won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Moscow in a pair without a helmsman. In 1976, Ringwald traveled to Montreal as a substitute rower for the 1976 Olympic Games . There he moved in the B final for Thomas Hitzbleck in the two with helmsman; Together with Klaus Jäger and helmsman Holger Hocke , he took second place and thus eighth place in the overall ranking. In 1977 Winfried Ringwald moved to Germany eighth , at the rowing world championships in 1977 he won the bronze medal and in 1978 the silver medal; The winner was the eighth from the GDR.
Winfried Ringwald remained connected to his hometown club even after his sporting career, he has been chairman of the Ludwigshafen rowing club from 1878 since 1991 and chairman of the Ludwigshafen sports association since 2006.
Web links
- Winfried Ringwald in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- German successes at world championships
Individual evidence
- ↑ German championships in two-man without. Retrieved January 2, 2016 .
- ↑ German championships in two with. Retrieved January 2, 2016 .
- ^ German successes at European Championships. Retrieved January 2, 2016 .
- ↑ Board of Directors. Retrieved January 2, 2016 .
- ^ Medal of Merit for Winfried Ringwald. Retrieved January 2, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ringwald, Winfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dittigheim |