Identified Athletes D-E-F
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Stamp GAM 1995 Aug. 17th - OG Atlanta 1996 - Pertti Karppinen, three times M1X Olympic champion (1976, 1980 and 1984)
MI 2154
SC 1652
Pertti Karppinen also won the M1X gold medal
at WRC Bled 1979 and WRC Hazewinkel 1985
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Stamp GEQ unauthorized & undated issue depicting Rasmus Quist & Mads Rasmussen (DEN), LM2X gold medal winners at OG London 2012
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Stamp GUI 2012 Dec. 17th perforated & imperforated - LM2X gold medal winners M. Rasmussen & R. Quist (DEN) OG London
Mads Rasmussen (bow) & Rasmus Quist (stroke) -
portrait of R. Quist in foreground - won the LM2X
final at OG London against the reigning Olympic
champions Mark Hunter & Zac Purchase (GBR)
with a margin of 0.6 sec)
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Stamp KGZ 2000 (unauthorized) OG Sydney - Jean-Christophe Rolland & Michel Andrieux (FRA) after their M2- gold medal win
Jean-Christophe Rolland is the current President of the World Rowing Federation FISA
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Stamp NCA 1976 Sept. 7th OG Montreal - M4- crew DEN, gold medal winner at OG Tokyo 1964
MI 1948
SC 1022
SG 2073
YV 1051
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Stamp NCA 1976 Sept. 7th OG Montreal - R. Salles & G. Mercier, cox Malivoire (FRA), M2+ gold medal winners at OG Helsinki 1952
MI 1952
SC 1026
SG 2077
YV 1055
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Stamp PRK 1980 Oct. 20th SS Winners of OG Moscow
MI SS A 84
Bernd & Joerg Landvoigt (GDR)
Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
The photos which were used for the design of
the souvenir sheet show the M2- crew Bernd &
Joerg Landvoigt (GDR), the single sculler Pertti
Karppinen (FIN), and the M4- crew J. Thiele,
A. Decker, S. Semmler & S. Brietzke (GDR).
They were taken from the book "Spiele der
XXII. Olympiade Moskau 1980", published by
Sportverlag Berlin (GDR) 1980 (pages 102,
97 and book cover).
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Stamp TAN 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
P. Karppinen won the M1X gold medal at three consecutive Olympic Games (1976 Montreal, 1980 Moscow, and 1984 Los Angeles).
He became M1X world champion in 1979 (Bled) and in 1985 (Hazewinkel)
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Stamp TJK 2000 (unauthorized) MS OG Sydney - perforated & imperforated - gold and silver medals of FRA
Michel Andrieux M2- gold medal winners FRA Rolland & Andrieux -
They both also won the M2- gold medal at the
WRC Aiguebelette 1997 - J.-C. Rolland became
FISA president in 2014
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Stamp TOG 1980 Febr. 29th SS OG Moscow (perforated & imperforated)
The Olympic rowing regatta 1980 took place
at Moscow, not at Tallinn where the sailing
contests were held
MI SS 155 A
MI SS 155 B
Photo from book °Montreal 1976° by H.
Rosendahl, published by Corvus Verlag 1976, page 97
The decisive moment in the M1X final at OG Montreal 1976:
The favourite P. M. Kolbe (GER) in the foreground
is no longer able to defend his leading position against
P. Karppinen (FIN) and has to rest content with the silver medal.
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Stamp URS 1981 OG Moscow (unauthorized) - Pertti Karppinen (FIN), Olympic M1X champion 1976 OG Montreal and 1980 OG Moscow (+ 1984 OG Los Angeles)
Pertti Karppinen also won the M1X gold medal
at WRC Bled 1979 and WRC Hazewinkel 1985
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Stamp VIN CANOUAN (unauthorized) OG London 2012 - LM2X gold medal winners Mads Rasmussen & Rasmus Quist Hansen (DEN) #Coll. KA#
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Stamp VIN CANOUAN (unauthorized) OG Rio de Janeiro 2016 - LM2X gold medal winners Pierre Houin & Jérémie Azou (FRA) #Coll. KA#
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TC DEN 1996 - OG Atlanta S 17 magnet (left) + S 22 chip (right) - LM4- DEN crew, gold medal winner
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