Eckart Diesch (born 1 May 1954 in

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) is a German

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, Olympic champion and world champion. He won a gold medal in the '' Flying Dutchman Class'' with Jörg Diesch at the

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. He received a gold medal at the 1986 world championships, and received five silver medals and two bronze medals between 1975 and 1985, all with Jörg Diesch.

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* * * 1954 births Living people German male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Olympic sailors of West Germany Olympic gold medalists for West Germany People from Friedrichshafen Sportspeople from Tübingen (region) Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Flying Dutchman class world champions World champions in sailing for Germany {{Germany-yachtracing-bio-stub