Herbert Schmidt (28 January 1914 – 18 September 2002) was a German

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. Schmidt was born in 1914. In 1936 he won the bronze medal as crew member of the German boat in the men's eight competition. Immediately after the end of World War II, he was put in charge of sport for the administrative area of

Köpenick Köpenick () is a historic town and locality (''Ortsteil'') in Berlin, situated at the confluence of the rivers Dahme and Spree in the south-east of the German capital. It was formerly known as Copanic and then Cöpenick, only officially adopt ...

. He is credited with reviving rowing as a sport in East Berlin. In 1948, he became chief editor of ''

Deutsches Sportecho ''Deutsches Sportecho'' was an East German daily sports newspaper of the Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund (DTSB). History ''Deutsches Sportecho'' was first published on 5 May 1947. The paper had a circulation of 185,000 copies. The paper sponsored ...

'', an East German daily sports newspaper. He was dismissed from this role after only a few months and went to the radio station

Sender Freies Berlin Sender Freies Berlin (; abbreviated SFB ; ) was the ARD public radio and television service for West Berlin from 1 June 1954 until 1990 and for Berlin as a whole from German reunification until 30 April 2003. On 1 May 2003 it merged with Ostde ...

in West Berlin instead where he was in charge of the sports department. Schmidt died in 2002.

References

1914 births 2002 deaths Olympic rowers for Germany Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in rowing German male rowers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub