Bernd Landvoigt
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Bernd Landvoigt (* 23 March 1951 in Brandenburg an der Havel) is a former German rower
. He became together with his twin brother Jörg Landvoigt
twice Olympic Gold winner and in four times the world champion in rowing
. His first large international success he achieved at the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972. Where as members of the GDR eight won the Bronze Medal. At the EM he won with the boat European champion 1973. Later he formed with his twin brother Jörg one of the most successful two without all times, which achieved 179 victories in 180 sequential runnings. 1973 reached he with the European championships, however only the third place. Both with Olympic summer games in Montréal
1976 and at the olympic summer games in Moscow
1980. They became Olympic winners. Besides they triumphed with the world championships 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979 and became three times masters of the GDR (1974, 1978 and 1979). Apart from its career it successfully completed 1969-1977, a sport study and worked after its active time as a coach at SC Dynamo Potsdam. He is today a coach with the German rudder federation (DRV) and a multiplicity from athletes to medal winners with world championships and Olympic plays made. He competed for the SC Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
. He became together with his twin brother Jörg Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt
Jörg Landvoigt is a former East German rower. With his twin brother Bernd Landvoigt, he won two Olympic gold medals and four World Championship titles in rowing.-Athletic career:...
twice Olympic Gold winner and in four times the world champion in rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
. His first large international success he achieved at the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972. Where as members of the GDR eight won the Bronze Medal. At the EM he won with the boat European champion 1973. Later he formed with his twin brother Jörg one of the most successful two without all times, which achieved 179 victories in 180 sequential runnings. 1973 reached he with the European championships, however only the third place. Both with Olympic summer games in Montréal
Montreal
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1976 and at the olympic summer games in Moscow
Moscow
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1980. They became Olympic winners. Besides they triumphed with the world championships 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979 and became three times masters of the GDR (1974, 1978 and 1979). Apart from its career it successfully completed 1969-1977, a sport study and worked after its active time as a coach at SC Dynamo Potsdam. He is today a coach with the German rudder federation (DRV) and a multiplicity from athletes to medal winners with world championships and Olympic plays made. He competed for the SC Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.