Horst Meyer (rower)
Appearance
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Born | 20 June 1941 Hamburg, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 January 2020[1] | (aged 78)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Ratzeburger RC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Horst Meyer (20 June 1941 — 24 January 2020) was a German rower who was most successful in the eights. In this event he won a silver and a gold Olympic medal (1964 and 1968),[2][3] two world titles (1962 and 1966), and four consecutive European titles (1963–1967).[4]
References
- ^ Horst Meyer's obituary (in German)
- ^ Horst Meyer Archived 12 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Sports-reference
- ^ Horst Meyer at World Rowing
- ^ Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter), Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Achter – Herren Archived 17 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine at sport-komplett.de
External links
- Horst Meyer at World Rowing
- Horst Meyer at World Rowing
- Horst Meyer at Olympics.com
- Horst Meyer at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1941 births
- 2020 deaths
- West German male rowers
- Rowers from Hamburg
- Olympic rowers for West Germany
- Olympic rowers for the United Team of Germany
- Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for West Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- World Rowing Championships medalists for West Germany
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- European Rowing Championships medalists
- German rowing biography stubs