Harro Bode
Appearance
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Born | 20 February 1951 Sobernheim | (age 73)||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
Club | Segel-Club Sorpesee Iserlohn | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Harro Bode (born 20 February 1951, in Sobernheim) is a German sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 Class with Frank Hübner at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1][2]
Bode studied civil engineering and later became CEO of Ruhrverband , a large water utility in the west of Germany. He was appointed honorary professor at the University of Hanover and published many papers about water science and water politics.
Honours
[edit]- 1976: Award of silver laurel leaf by German Bundespräsident Walter Scheel
- 1987: Karl-Imhoff-Prize of the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) (formerly ATV)
- 2014: IWA-Award for "Outstanding Contribution to Water Management and Science"
- 2015: Golden Badge of Honor of the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA)
References
[edit]- ^ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harro Bode". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Harro Bode at World Sailing
- Harro Bode at Olympics.com
- Harro Bode at Olympedia
- Literature from and about Harro Bode in the catalogue of the German national library
- Ruhrverband