Identified Athletes
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Illustrated card CZE 1997 with PM CZE June 21st Cesky Brod celebrating the TCH M4+ gold medal crew at OG Helsinki 1952
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Illustrated card CZE 2004 with red meter mark °Vaclac Kozak° and photo of Kozak & Schmidt, M2X gold medal winners OG Rome 1960
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Illustrated card CZE 2006 with PM °Olympsport 1966-2006 Pavel & Oldrich Svojanovsti° and photo of the brothers in a M2+
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Illustrated card CZE 2007 Nov. 1st Prague - Mirka Knapkova (CZE), W1X gold medal winner at ERC Athens 2008, WRC Bled 2011 and ERC Plovdiv Lake BUL 2011
Wrong postmark date: Photo of M. Knapkova with date 2008
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Illustrated card CZE 2010 WRC Karapiro - Ondrej Synek (CZE), M1X gold medal winner (with corresponding PM)
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Illustrated card CZE 2011 °Mirka Knapkova° (W1X champion WRC Bled 2011) with PM Prague Oct. 3rd and photo
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Illustrated card CZE 2012 °Ondrej Synek (CZE)° - M1X silver medal winner at OG London (with PM Prague Aug. 24th and photo)
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Illustrated card CZE 2016 - M1x bronze medal for Ondrej Synek at OG Rio de Janeiro
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Illustrated card GER 1972 OG Munich - victory ceremony for M4+ medal winners GER (gold), GDR (silver) and TCH (bronze)
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Illustrated cover AUS 2000 OG Sydney honouring gold medallist crew GBR 4- with PM AUS Sept. 23rd and signature of Steve Redgrave
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Illustrated cover AUS 2000 Sept. 23rd OG Sydney - Rob Warddel, M1X Olympic champion
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Illustrated cover AUS 2008 OG Beijing with cinderella CHN & non-official PM Beijing Aug. 16th - M1X gold medal winner Olaf Tufte (NOR)
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Illustrated cover AUS 2008 OG Beijing with cinderella CHN & non-official PM Beijing Aug. 16th - M2- gold medal winners Drew Ginn & Duncan Free (AUS)
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Illustrated cover AUS 2008 OG Beijing with cinderella CHN & non-official PM Beijing Aug. 16th - M4- gold medal winners Tom James, Steve Williams, Pete Reed & Andrew Triggs Hodge (GBR)
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Illustrated cover AUS 2008 OG Beijing with cinderella CHN & non-official PM Beijing Aug. 16th - W1X gold medal winner Rumyana Neykova (BUL)
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Illustrated cover AUS 2008 OG Beijing with cinderella CHN & non-official PM Beijing Aug. 16th - W2- gold medal winners Georgeta Andrunache & Viorica Susanu (ROU)
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Illustrated cover AUS 2024 OG Paris - Gold medal winners B. Francis & L. Spoors (NZL)
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Illustrated cover CAN OG Montreal 1976 (German text) with PM July 24th (day of W2X final) - photo of W2X bronze medal winners E. Eckbauer & T. Einoeder (GER)
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Illustrated cover CAN OG Montreal 1976 (German text) with PM July 25th (day of M1X final) - photo of Karpinnen (FIN) overtaking Kolbe (GER)
This photo went round the world:
In the M1X competition the favourite P.M. Kolbe (GER)
- World champion 1975 - led the field from the start
and looked the sure winner when he was nearly three
length clear. In the strong headwind however he slowed
down with 300 m to go, and 100 m before the finish
line he was overtaken by Pertti Karppinen (FIN). This
was the first gold medal for the Finn who managed to
repeat his success in 1980 at OG Moscow and in 1984
at OG Los Angeles (Lake Casitas). The fight between
Karppinen and Kolbe went on. 1980 Karppinen won
without much opposition as Kolbe could not start
because of Germany's boycott of the Games. But in
1984 Kolbe saw his chance again. The Olympic M1X
final then was a dramatic battle. Kolbe sculled in
front of his opponent for 1500 m but again had to
pay tribute to the amazing finish of Karppinen.
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Illustrated cover CAN OG Montreal 1976 (German text) with PM July 25th (day of M2- final) - photo of M2- bronze medal winners P. van Roye & T. Strauss (GER)
