Identified Athletes

Stamp TAN (ZANZIBAR) SS unauthorized & undated issue - Mahé Drysdale (NZL), M1X Olympic champion at OG London 2012 and OG Rio de Janeiro 2016

Stamp TAN ZANZIBAR unauthorized undated issue Mahe Drysdale NZL M1X Olympic champion

Mahé Drysdale dominated the

single sculls competitions for 11 years:

2005 WRC Gifu - gold medal

2006 WRC Eton - gold medal

2007 WRC Munich - gold medal

2008 OG Beijing - bronze medal

2009 WRC Poznan - gold medal

2010 WRC Karapiro - silver medal

2011 WC Bled - gold medal

2012 OG London - gold medal

2014 WRC Amsterdam - silver medal

2015 WRC Aiguebelette - silver medal

2016 OG Rio de Janeiro - gold medal

Stamp TAN (ZANZIBAR) SS unauthorized & undated issue - Mark Hunter & Zac Purchase (GBR), LM2X gold medal winners at OG Beijing 2008

Stamp TAN ZANZIBAR Unauthorized undated issue GBR LW2X crew Mark Hunter bow Zac Purchase stroke

LM2X gold medal OG Beijing 2008

LM2X gold medal WRC Karapiro 2010

LM2X gold medal WRC Bled 2011

LM2X silver medal OG London 2012

Zac Purchase also won the LM1X

gold medal at WRC Eton 2006

Stamp TAN 1992 Nov. 16th OG Barcelona - Carl Smith & Allan Whitwell (GBR), LM2X gold medal winners WRC Nottingham 1986

MI 1355

Stamp TAN 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Pertti Karppinen (FIN)

Stamp TAN 2022 unauthorized issue Karppinen FIN 1

Stamp TAN 2022 unauthorized issue Karppinen FIN 2

Stamp TAN 2022 unauthorized issue Karppinen FIN 3

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 TAN 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Peter-Michael Kolbe (GER)

Stamp TAN 2022 unauthorized issue Kolbe GER 1

Stamp TAN 2022 unauthorized issue Kolbe GER 2

Stamp TAN 2022 unauthorized issue Kolbe GER 3

P.-M. Kolbe won the M1X silver medal at OG 1976 Montreal, 1984 Los Angeles, and 1988 Seoul. He did not start at OG Moscow 1980 as Germany boycotted the Games for political reasons. He is a five time M1X world champion (1975, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986).

Stamp TAN 2022 (unauthorized issue) OG Tokyo 2020 - competitors from RUS (set of six)

Russian athletes did not start as RUS but as ROC (= Russian Olympic Committee)
Hanna Prakatsen	Hanna Prakatsen W1X silver medal winner	Alexander Vyazovkin M1X 5th place in the A-final
Vasilisa Stepanova & Elena Oriabinskaia	W2- silver medal winners	Presenting their silver medals

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

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

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