Karl-Heinz Hopp (20 November 1936 – 11 February 2007) was a

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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 the

United Team of Germany The United Team of Germany (german: Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) was a combined team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany that competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games. In 1956, the team also included athletes f ...

in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. Hopp was born in Allenstein, which is today called Olsztyn situated in

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. At the

1958 European Rowing Championships The 1958 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Malta in the city of Poznań in Poland. Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+), and women entered in five boat classes (W1x, ...

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, he won a gold medal with the coxless four. At the

1959 European Rowing Championships The 1959 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Mâcon regatta course on the Saône in Mâcon, France. The event for women was held from 14 to 16 August, and 16 races were held. The event for men was held from 20 to 23 ...

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, he won a gold medal with the eight. At the

, he was a crew member of the German eight that won gold. At the

1961 European Rowing Championships The 1961 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Vltava (Moldau) in the Czechoslovakian capital Prague. The event for women was held from 18 to 20 August, and 9 countries competed with 32 boats. The event for men was he ...

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, he won a gold medal with the coxed four. After rowing, Hopp swapped to pentathlon and most enjoyed the equestrian part. He became a vet and had a large horse stable with his wife. He died in

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on 11 February 2007.

References

1936 births 2007 deaths Olympic rowers of the United Team of Germany Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United Team of Germany Sportspeople from Olsztyn Olympic medalists in rowing People from East Prussia West German male rowers Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century German people {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub