Harald Erling ( him. Harald Jährling ; born. , ) - German rower , who played for the GDR team in rowing in the second half of the 1970s - first half of the 1980s yo Two-time Olympic champion, twice world champion, winner of many regattas of national and international importance. Also known as a trainer.
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Growth | 198 cm |
Weight | 94 kg |
Biography
Harald Erling was born on June 20, 1954 in the city of Burg , GDR . He trained in Magdeburg at the local eponymous sports club.
For the first time he declared himself in rowing in 1972, winning a silver medal in wheelless twos at the GDR Games.
The first serious success at the adult international level was achieved in the 1976 season, when he joined the main team of the East German national team and, thanks to a series of successful performances, received the right to defend the honor of the country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal . Together with his partner Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich and the helmsman George Spor won the first place in the men's double steering and thereby won the Olympic gold medal.
In 1977, he visited the World Championships in Amsterdam , from where he brought the silver dignity award, won in the classification of steering twos - yielded here only to the crew from Bulgaria.
At the world championship in 1978 in Karapiro won in the eight.
Being among the leaders of the rowing team of the GDR, he successfully passed the selection for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow - with the same partners, as well as four years ago, he went around all his rivals again, adding another Olympic gold to his track record.
After the Moscow Olympics, Erling remained in the main team of the East German national team and continued to take part in major international regattas. So, in 1981, in the swing fours, he won the world championship in Munich , thus becoming a two-time world champion in rowing.
In 1982, at the World Championships in Lucerne, he received silver in eights, letting forward the crew from New Zealand.
At the 1983 World Championships in Duisburg, he again became the silver medalist in the eight, once again losing to the New Zealand team.
He was considered a candidate for participation in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , but East Germany, along with several other countries of the Eastern bloc, boycotted this competition for political reasons.
For outstanding sporting achievements, he was awarded the Order For Services to the Fatherland in silver three times (1976, 1980, 1984) [1] [2] [3] .
Having completed his career as an athlete, he worked as a coach in his rowing club in Magdeburg. After the reunification of Germany, he moved permanently to Australia, where he collaborated with the national rowing federation of Rowing Australia and led the national team. He was married to the German rowing coxswain Marina Wilke , who also won the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games. Their son Rob Erling followed in the footsteps of his parents, also achieved great success in rowing, but played for the Australian team [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Von der Ehrung für die Olympiamannschaft der DDR. Hohe staatliche auszeichnungen verliehen. Vaterländischer Verdienstorden in Silber (German) . Neues Deutschland . ZEFYS Zeitungsportal der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (10. September 1976). The appeal date is April 10, 2018.
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, 22. August 1980, S. 3
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, 1./2. September 1984, S. 4
- ↑ Harald Jahrling back at work with Rowing Australia , The Sydney Morning Herald (18 June 2016). The appeal date is October 5, 2017.
Links
- Harald Erling - Olympic statistics on Sports-Reference.com (Eng.)
- Harald Erling - FISA profile (English)
- Harald Erling (Eng.) - page on the website of the International Olympic Committee