Eric Johannesen (born 16 July 1988) is a German former representative
rower
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. He is a dual Olympian, an Olympic gold medallist and was a 2011 world champion.
He was in the crew that won the gold medal in the men's eight competition at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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. At the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
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, he rowed in the German
men's eight which won the silver medal.
Personal
Johannesen was born in
Oberhausen, West Germany. His club rowing was from the Bergedorf Rowing Club till 2017 and then the Favorite Hammonia Rowing Club. His younger brother
Torben Johannesen is also an Olympic and world champion rower.
Johannesen along with the other eight 2016 Olympic silver medal rowers was awarded the
Silbernes Lorbeerblatt
Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and ...
(Silver Laurel Leaf), Germany's highest sports award, for the achievement. It was Reinelt's second such award having been similarly recognised for his 2012 Olympic gold.
International rowing career
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1988 births
Living people
Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic rowers for Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in rowing
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
German male rowers
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany
European Rowing Championships medalists
Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf
Sportspeople from Oberhausen
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