Lauritz Schoof (born 7 October 1990 in

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) is a German

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. He was part of the German crew that won the gold medal in the men's quadruple sculls at the

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in London. He also successfully defended the quadruple sculls title at the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

as part of the German team.

Career

Schoof was successful at junior and under-23 level, winning a silver medal at the World Junior Championships in the men's quadruple sculls (with Mario Jadatz, Christopher Schang and Bastian Bechler), and gold in the junior men's double sculls with Martin Menger, as well as winning gold in the single sculls at the 2009 U23 World Championship. His first senior World Championship medal came in

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, when he was part of the German team that won the silver medal behind Australia. His teammates were Karl Schulze, Philipp Wende and

Tim Grohmann Tim Grohmann (born 27 December 1988) is a German rower. He was part of the German crew that won the gold medal in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, with Karl Schulze, Philipp Wende and Lauritz Schoof. The Oly ...

. This was also the team that won gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2013, the team of Schoof, Schulze, Grohmann and Paul Heinrich won the

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quadruple sculls title. That team then came second to Croatia at the 2013 World Championships. In 2015, Schoof, Schulze, Wende and

Hans Gruhne Hans Gruhne (born 5 August 1988) is a German rower. He won gold as part of the German team in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sp ...

won the men's quadruple sculls at the

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. This was the team that retained the Olympic title when the German quadruple sculls team won gold at the 2016 Olympics.

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* 1990 births Living people German male rowers People from Rendsburg Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany Sportspeople from Schleswig-Holstein {{Germany-rowing-bio-stub