Famous Brothers
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Illustrated cover CRO 2011 - WRC Lake Karapiro with photo of M4X CRO, gold medal winner, and corresponding PM CRO 2011 Febr 22nd Zagreb
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Illustrated cover ESP 1992 OG Barcelona - M2+ gold medal winners Greg & Jonny Searle, cox Garry Herbert (GBR)
British brothers beat Italian brothers in a fantastic final sprint
The Abbagnale brothers with their coxwain Di Capua (ITA), M2+
Olympic champions 1984 + 1988 and seven times WRC gold medal
winners, looked like the certain victors in the M2+ final a couple of
hundred meters from the finish line when the Searle brothers raised
their stroke rate up to 44 and managed to overtake the favourites
within the last 15 strokes.
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Illustrated cover ITA 1960 OG Rome - M8+ gold medal winners Hans Lenk, Klaus Bittner, Karl-Heinz Hopp, Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, Kraft & Frank Schepke, Walter Schröder, Manfred Rulffs, cox W. Padge (GER) - with PM Lago Albano Sept. 3rd (day of finals)
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Magazine cover °La Suisse Sportive° No. 761 Sept. 11th 1920 - Swiss M4+ victory at OG Antwerp
Grasshopper-Club Zuerich(Dr. Hans Walter, Dr. M.-H. Rudolf, W. Bruederlin, Paul Rudolf, cox P. Staub)
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MC USA 1967 - Painting T. Eakins °The Biglin Brothers Racing° with FDC-PM Nov. 2nd
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Painting USA °The Pair-Oared Shell° (1872) by Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
John & Bernard Biglin
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PC CRO 2004 - Niksa & Sinisa Skelin, M2- silver medal winners at OG Athens 2004 (photo and PM)
The Skelin brothers also won the M8+ bronze medal at OG Sydney 2000 -
PC CRO 2012 OG London - M4X crew CRO (silver medal winner) with corresponding PM Aug. 10th 2012 Zagreb - four different photo illustrations
Famous brothers Martin (position 2)
& Valent (position stroke) Sinkovic
D. Sain (bow), M. Sinkovic, D. Martin & V. Sinkovic (stroke)
The photo on the lower right shows in fact a M4- race during the start strokes!
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PC CRO 2015 - M2X gold medal win for Martin & Valent Sinkovic (CRO) at WRC Amsterdam 2014 with PM Zagreb Jan. 14th
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PC CRO 2016 - Valent & Martin Sinkovic, M2X gold medal winners at OG Rio de Janeiro (with matching PM)
M2X final A at OG Rio de Janeiro
1. CRO 6:50,28
2. LTU 6:51,39
3. NOR 6: 53,25
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PC GDR 1976 OG Montreal - M4+ GDR crew Andreas Schulz, Ruediger Kunze, Walter & Ullrich Diessner, cox Johannes Thomas (silver medal winner)
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PC ITA 1982 - M2+ World Champions WRC Lucerne 1982 Carmine & Guiseppe Abbagnale, cox Di Capua (ITA)
Gold medal WRC Munich 1981
Gold medal WRC Lucerne 1982
Gold medal OG Los Angeles 1984
Gold medal WRC Hazewinkel 1985
Gold medal WRC Copenhagen 1987
Gold medal OG Seoul 1988
Gold medal WRC Bled 1989
Gold medal WRC Lake Barrington 1990
Gold medal WRC Vienna 1991
Silver medal OG Barcelona 1992
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PC SWE 1912 OG Stockholm No. 285 (I + II) - M4+ gold medal winner GER (Ludwigshafener RV)
Albert Arnheiter (bow), Rudolf Fickeisen, Hermann Wilker, Otto Fickeisen, cox Otto Maier
- both postcards bear the number 285 on the back -
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PC USA Painting T. Eakins (1844-1916) °The Biglin Brothers Racing° 1872
John & Bernard Biglin
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PC USA Painting T. Eakins (1844-1916) °The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake-Boat° 1873
John & Bernard Biglin
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PM CRO 2004 Dec. 6th Split - 90th anniversary of HVK °GUSAR° Split 1914-2004 + drawing of Niksa & Sinisa Skelin (CRO), M2- silver medal winners OG Athens 2004
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PM CRO 2015 Jan. 14th Zagreb - M2X gold medal win for CRO at WRC Amsterdam 2014
M2X gold medal for Martin & Valent Sinkovic (CRO)
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PM CRO 2016 Sept. 9th Zagreb - M2X gold medal for Valent & Martin Sinkovic at OG Rio de Janeiro
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PM CRO 2024 Sept.12th Zagreb - Martin & Valent Sincovic, M2- gold medal winners OG Paris
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Program GBR 1948 Aug. 9th OG London (day of finals) Henley
Three lanes about 1900 m upstream 
Two pairs of brothers competed in the M8+ final: Ian & David Turner (USA) won
the gold medal and Harald & Thorstein Krakenes (NOR) won the bronze medal.