Michael Zachries (29 October 1943 – 28 July 2021) was a German

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

. He won a bronze medal in the '' Soling Class'' with

Dieter Below Dieter Below (born 23 June 1942) is a German sailor. He won a bronze medal in the '' Soling Class'' with Michael Zachries and Olaf Engelhardt at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the Lis ...

and Olaf Engelhardt at the

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, Quebec, Canada.

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1943 births 2021 deaths Sportspeople from Zwickau German male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Soling Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Soling class sailors {{Germany-yachtracing-bio-stub