Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck

Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck
Personal information
Born 19 July 1936
Tutow, Germany
Died 13 December 2011 (aged 75)
Bad Bellingen, Germany
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Ratzeburger RC
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Summer Olympics
1960 Rome Eights
1956 Melbourne Coxed pair
1964 Tokyo Eights
World Rowing Championships
1962 Lucerne Eights
European Rowing Championships
1956 Bled Coxed pair
1957 Duisburg Coxed pair
1959 Macon Eights
1963 Copenhagen Eights
1964 Amsterdam Eights

Karl-Heinrich Erich Moritz von Groddeck (19 July 1936 – 14 December 2011) was a German rower who won three Olympic medals for the Unified Team of Germany: a silver in the coxed pairs in 1956 and a gold and a silver in the eights in 1960 and 1964, respectively.[1][2] He also won one world and five European titles in these two rowing events between 1956 and 1964.[3] In 1964 he retired from competitions.

Back in 1958, von Groddeck moved from Wiesbaden to Hamburg to work for Axel Springer AG as a journalist in the sports section of a newspaper. For many years he was reporting the history of German rowing.[4] Later he worked as a freelance journalist.

References

  1. ↑ Moritz von Groddeck at Sports-reference
  2. ↑ Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck at WorldRowing.com from FISA
  3. ↑ Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.), Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter), Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Achter – Herren. sport-komplett.de
  4. ↑ Rowohlts Bunte Liste, pp. 355 ff.
German team at the 1964 European Championships (the same team competed at the 1964 Olympics), von Groddeck is fourth from right.
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