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Rowing At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's Coxed Pair
The men's coxed pair competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place at Notre Dame Island Olympic Basin, Canada. It was held from 18 to 25 July. There were 13 boats (40 competitors, with West Germany making one substitution) from 13 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich, and Georg Spohr of East Germany, the nation's second consecutive victory in the event (with an entirely different crew than in 1972). The Soviet Union ( Dmitry Bekhterev, Yuriy Shurkalov, and cox Yuriy Lorentsson) earned that nation's first medal in the event since 1960 with their silver. The Czechoslovakian brothers Oldřich Svojanovský and Pavel Svojanovský became the 8th and 9th men to win multiple medals in the event, adding a bronze to 1972 silver with new cox Ludvík Vébr. Background This was the 14th appearance of the event. Rowing had been on the programme in 1896 but was cancelled due to bad weather. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Jährling
Harald Jährling (born 20 June 1954) is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. Private life Jährling was born in Burg bei Magdeburg in 1954. In 1974, when he was 19, he had a child with rowing cox Marina Wilke; she was 15 at the time. Their son, Rob Jahrling, now lives in Australia and has represented that country in rowing at three Olympic Games. Jährling and Wilke got married in August 1980 soon after they both competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics. They later divorced. Rowing career He crewed the East German coxed pair boat with Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich and cox Georg Spohr that won the gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. For his Olympic success, he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver (2nd class) by the state. At the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, the same team won a silver medal. In the following season, they were beaten by Jürgen Pfeiffer and Gert Uebeler (with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |