Identified Athletes
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Stamp TAN 2022 SS (unauthorized issue) - OG Moscow 1980 Peter Michael Kolbe (GER)
P.-M. Kolbe did not start at OG Moscow
as GER boycotted the Games for political reasons
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Stamp TCH 1965 Apr. 16th - M2X gold medal win for Dr. Pavel Schmidt & Vaclav Kozak (TCH) at OG Rome 1960
MI 1527
SC 1301
SG 1478
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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 TOG 1984 Oct. 15th SS - OG Los Angeles: NZL M8+ crew, gold medal winner OG Munich 1972
MI SS 247 (stamp MI 1786)
SC C499
NZL crews wear black singlets!Just a small wave and the boat is waterlogged!
NZL: Tony Hurt, Wybo Veldman, Dick Joyce,
John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor
Coker, Gary Robertson, cox Simon Dickie
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Stamp TOG 1985 Aug. 1st SS OG Los Angeles gold medal winners (SS TOG 1984 with imprint °Canada Medaille d'Or°
MI SS 270 (stamp MI 1898)
SC 525
CAN: Patrick Turner, Kevin Neufeld,
Mark Evans, Grant Main, Paul Steele,
Michael Evans, Dean Crawford,
Blair Horm, cox Brian McMahon
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Stamp UKR Odessa Express Mail - D. Vendor & M. Jarvis (CAN), OG London 2012 LM2X C final second place (= 14th place overall) London 2012 C final
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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 URS 1981 OG Moscow (unauthorized) - Joachim Dreifke & Klaus Koeppelien (GDR), M2X gold medal winners OG Moscow 1980 + WRC Munich 1981
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Stamp URU 1996 Oct. 1st - Eduardo G. Risso (URU), M1X silver medal winner OG London 1948
MI 2206
SC 1634c
YV 1591
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Stamp URU 1997 Nov. 26th - Guillermo Douglas, M1X bronze medal winner at OG Los Angeles 1932
MI 2309
SC 1698b
YV 1681
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Stamp USA 1967 Nov. 2nd - Painting °The Biglin Brothers racing° (1873) by Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)
MI 936
SC 1335
SG 1315
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Stamp USA 2008 ZAZZLE.COM personalized issue - Corvallis RC (Catherine Holdorf in a sweep oar race)
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Stamp USA 2014 ZAZZLE.COM (personalized issue) - 40th anniversary of USA M8+ gold medal win at WRC Lucerne 1974
Timothy Mickelson (bow)
Kenneth Brown
John Everett
Michael Vespoli
Mark Norelius
Richard Cashin
Hugh Stevenson
Alan Shealy (stroke)
David Weinberg (cox)
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Stamp VIN 1996 July 19th - Summer Olympic gold medal winners - Jack Kelly (USA), M1X and M2X gold medal winner OG Antwerp 1920 and M2X OG Paris 1924
MI 3606
SC 2319
MI MS 3604-12
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Stamp VIN CANOUAN (unauhorized) OG London 2012 - LW2X gold medal winners Catherine Copeland & Sophie Hosking (GBR) #Coll. KA#
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Stamp VIN CANOUAN (unauthorized) - OG Athens 2004 LW2X gold medal winners Constanta Burcica & Angela Alupei (ROU) #Coll. KA#
C. Burcica & A. Alupei retained
their title as Olympic champions
which they had won at Sydney 2000.
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Stamp VIN CANOUAN (unauthorized) OG Athens 2004 - LM2X gold medal winners Tomasz Kucharski & Robert Sycz (POL) #Coll. KA#
T. Kucharski & R. Sycz retained
their title as Olympic champions
which they had won at Sydney 2000.
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Stamp VIN CANOUAN (unauthorized) OG Beijing 2008 - LM2X gold medal winners Mark Hunter & Zac Purchase (GBR) #Coll. KA#
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Stamp VIN CANOUAN (unauthorized) OG Beijing 2008 - LW2X gold medal winners Kirsten van der Kolk & Marit van Eupen (NED) #Coll. KA#
