sport aid - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1992 - 80 Pfennig

Rowing is one of the oldest modes of human movement on the water. Throughout the ages, there are pictures of ships and boats propelled by oars. From this development, rowing became a sport in England at the beginning of the 19th century. It spread quickly, as early as 1836, the first rowing club was founded on German soil in Hamburg. In 1883, the clubs joined the German Rowing Association, which is the oldest sports association in Germany. Rowing became Olympic in Athens in 1896, even though the competitions there had to be canceled because of a storm. At the games 1936 in Berlin, the German rowers won 5 of 7 gold medals. But first time in 1960 at the Olympic Games in Rome, a German team was able to win a gold medal in eighth. The coach was Karl Adam, whose unforgotten era in rowing started with this victory. Eight years later followed again Olympic gold for a German eights, this time in the high altitude of Mexico. In Munich in 1972, the Lake Constance four secured with helmsman Olympic gold. In 1976, women's rowing was included in the Olympic program. The duels Peter-Michael Kolbe against the Finn Perti Karpinnen, who has won gold three times in total, are still freshly remembered. Kolbe won the silver medal three times, most recently in Seoul in 1988. And here the circle closes for eighth, because at the Olympic Games in the Korean capital took after 20 years break again a Germany-eighth Olympic gold. It followed in this "crown of rowing", the eighth, in each of the following two years, the world title, with which the eights of the German Rowing Association are among the most successful in the world.