Peter Kremtz (26 April 1940 – 23 February 2014) 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 for

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. He was born in

Meißen Meissen (in German orthography: ''Meißen'', ) is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrech ...

. In 1968 he was a crew member of the East German boat which won the silver medal in the coxed four event.

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* 1940 births 2014 deaths Olympic rowers of East Germany Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in rowing East German male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics People from Meissen Sportspeople from Saxony {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub