Roland Baar
Appearance
Roland Baar | |
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Born | |
Died | 23 June 2018 Velpke, Germany | (aged 53)
Occupation | Rowing |
Medal record | ||
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Men's rowing | ||
Representing West Germany | ||
World Rowing Championships | ||
1989 Bled | M8+ | |
1990 Tasmania | M8+ | |
Representing Germany | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1996 Atlanta | Eight | |
1992 Barcelona | Eight | |
World Rowing Championships | ||
1991 Vienna | M8+ | |
1993 Račice | M8+ | |
1995 Tampere | M8+ |
Roland Baar (12 April 1965[1] – 23 June 2018)[2] was a German rower who competed for his nation at several Olympic Games. After retiring from the sport in 1996, he received the Thomas Keller Medal in 1998. He served on the Athletes' Commission of the International Olympic Committee between 1999 and 2004.
Baar was killed in a car crash in June 2018.[2]
References
- ^ "Trauer um Roland Baar". Hannoverscher Ruder-Club. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Roland Baar, 53, Olympian, Ex IOC Member". Around the Rings. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
External links
- Roland Baar at World Rowing
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roland Baar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
Categories:
- 1965 births
- 2018 deaths
- People from Osterholz
- Olympic rowers of West Germany
- Olympic rowers of Germany
- Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- German male rowers
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- International Olympic Committee members
- World Rowing Championships medalists for West Germany
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany
- West German male rowers
- Thomas Keller Medal recipients
- Road incident deaths in Germany
- German rowing Olympic medalist stubs