Jochen Meißner
 Meißner in 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 May 1943 Stuttgart, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | MRV Amicitia, Mannheim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jochen Meißner (born 8 May 1943) was a leading single scull rower of West Germany between 1965 and 1972, who competed in the Olympic Games.[1]
Biography
[edit]In the singled sculls event, he won national titles in 1965–1968 and a European title in 1965; a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics, as well as bronze medals at the world (1966) and European (1969) championships.[2][3] At the 1967 European Rowing Championships in Vichy, he came fourth in the single sculls.[4] He also competed in the double sculls at the 1972 Summer Olympics, together with Arthur Heyne, and finished in tenth place.[5]
In 1970, Meißner won the Diamond Challenge Sculls (the premier singles sculls event) at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for Mannheimer RV Amicitia.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Jochen Meißner. Internationales Sportarchiv. 1 June 1998
- ^ "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. Einer – Herren" [Rowing – World Championships. One – Men]. Sport-Komplett.de (in German). Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
"Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer)" [Rowing – European Championships (Men – One)]. Sport-Komplett.de (in German). Archived from the original on 10 May 2015.
"Rudern – Deutsche Meisterschaften. Herren, Einer" [Rowing – German Championships. Men, One]. Sport-Komplett.de (in German). Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. - ^ Bichelmeier und Meißner – eine Erfolgsgeschichte. amicitia-mannheim.de
- ^ "Rudertriumph der DDR". Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 22, no. 250. 11 September 1967. p. 5. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jochen Meißner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012.
- ^ "Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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- 1943 births
- Living people
- Olympic rowers for West Germany
- Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for West Germany
- Sportspeople from Stuttgart
- Rowers from Baden-Württemberg
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- West German male rowers
- World Rowing Championships medalists for West Germany
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- European Rowing Championships medalists
- German rowing Olympic medalist stubs