Wolfram Thiem
Wolfram Thiem (born June 12, 1956 in Devese ; † July 22, 2011 ibid) was a German rower who competed for the Federal Republic of Germany .
The 1.94 m tall rower from the Hanover Rowing Club from 1880 was the eighth junior world champion in 1974 . At the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976 he finished fourth with eighth place. In the following year, Thiem rowed at the world championships in a four-man with a helmsman . With the cast of Gabriel Konertz , Wolfram Thiem, Frank Schütze , Klaus Meyer and helmsman Helmut Sassenbach , the boat won the silver medal behind the boat from the GDR. In 1978 the four-man teamed up with Wolf-Dietrich Oschlies , Thiem, Schütze, Konertz and Sassenbach and again won the silver medal behind the GDR at the 1978 World Championships . At the 1979 World Championships , Andreas Görlich , Schütze, Thiem, Oschlies and Manfred Klein won the bronze medal behind the boats from the GDR and the Soviet Union. At the World Championships in 1981 Gabriel Konertz, Wolfram Thiem and Manfred Klein took seventh place in a two-man with helmsman . After a fifth place in 1982 and a fourth place in the four with helmsman in 1983 , Thiem also missed a medal in his last major international race with sixth place in the four with helmsman at the 1984 Olympic Games .
Thiem won a total of 18 German championship titles: From 1976 to 1980 he won with Frank Schütze in two without a helmsman . In 1982 Thiem won with Heribert Karches and Rudolf Ziegler in two with a helmsman. From 1977 to 1980, as well as 1983 and 1984, he won in the four-man with helmsman. And finally, he won eighth from 1976 to 1980 and 1982.
After his active career, Thiem was still active in his club and later chairman of the club. His daughter Kathrin was also successful in rowing.
Web links
- Wolfram Thiem in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Wolfram Thiem at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
- German success at rowing world championships
Individual evidence
- ^ German championships in two without a helmsman
- ^ German championships in two with helmsman
- ↑ German championships in four with a helmsman
- ↑ German championships in the eighth
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thiem, Wolfram |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Devese |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 2011 |
| Place of death | Devese |