Identified Athletes D-E-F

Print GER - Soro Roklub crew (DEN), M4- gold medal winner ERC Budapest 1933

Boatbuilder PIRSCH booklet 1938

C. Olsen, W. Christiansen, R. Olsen, A. Hansen
Stamp ADEN MAHRA STATE 1968 perforated & imperforated - °French Olympic champions of the past° - Maurice Barrelet, M1X gold medal winner OG Paris 1900

MI 123 A

MI 123 B
Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Pertti Karppinen (FIN)

Pertti Karppinen won three gold

medal at three Olympic Games:

M1X gold medal at OG Montreal 1976

M1X gold medal at OG Moscow 1980

M1X gold medal at OG Atlanta 1984

Stamp BDI 2023 SS (unauthorized issue) OG Montreal 1976

Stamp BDI 2023 SS unauthorized issue OG Montreaol 1976

M1X result OG Montreal 1976

1. FIN (Pertti Karppinen)

2. GER (Peter-Michael Kolbe)

3. GDR (Joachim Dreifke)

Kolbe had led Karppinen by eight seconds at half way

but was caught in the final spurt.

M1X gold medal winner

P. Karppinen (FIN)

M1X gold medal winner

P. Karppinen (FIN)

M1X silver medal winner

P.-M. Kolbe (GER)

M1X silver medal winner

P.-M. Kolbe (GER)

Stamp BUR 2021 "Olympic rowing champions" (unauthorized issue) - Pertti Karppinen (FIN)

M1X Olympic champion 1976 OG Montreal, 1980 OG Moscow, 1984 OG Los Angeles
Stamp CAF 1972 Dec. 28th - Barrelet (FRA), M1X gold medal winner OG Paris 1900

       MI 305

       SC C106

       SG 314

       YV PA111
Stamp ESP 1995 June 2nd - Spain's silver medallists at Olympic Games

       MI 3229

       SG 3341

       YV 2963

       SG 3332a

This issue honours the Spanish M2- silver medal win at OG Los Angeles 1984 by

F. Climet & L. M. Lasurtegui - the stamp shows a 2X!
Stamp EST 2008 OG Beijing - J. Jaanson & T. Endrekson (EST), M2X silver medal winners (printed on stationary)
Stamp FRA 1953 Nov. 28th - French medal winners at OG Helsinki 1952 - honouring Olympic M2+ champions Salles & Mercier, cox Malivoire



       MI 982

       SC 704

       SG 1189

       YV 964
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
Stamp GEQ unauthorized & undated issue depicting Rasmus Quist & Mads Rasmussen (DEN), LM2X gold medal winners at OG London 2012

Stamp GUI 2012 Dec. 17th perforated & imperforated - LM2X gold medal winners M. Rasmussen & R. Quist (DEN) OG London

stamp gui 2012 dec. 17th lgendes du sport t 2012 m2x perforated

stamp gui 2012 dec. 17th lgendes du sport t 2012 m2x imperforated

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)

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
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
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

Stamp PRK 1980 Oct. 20th SS Winners of OG Moscow

MI SS A 84

stamp prk 1980 oct. 20th ss winners of og moscow imperforated mi bl. a 84 b

Bernd & Joerg Landvoigt (GDR)

Pertti Karppinen (FIN)

stamp prk 1980 oct. 20th ss winners of og moscow mi bl. a 84 a photo of m4 gdr brietzke decker semmler thiele

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).

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)
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

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.

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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