Identified Athletes

Illustrated cover AUS 2008 OG Beijing with cinderella CHN & non-official PM Beijing Aug. 16th - W2- gold medal winners Georgeta Andrunache & Viorica Susanu (ROU)

Illustrated cover AUS 2024 OG Paris - Gold medal winners B. Francis & L. Spoors (NZL)

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)

Illustrated cover CAN OG Montreal 1976 (German text) with PM July 25th (day of M1X final) - photo of Karpinnen (FIN) overtaking Kolbe (GER)

Illustrated cover CAN 1976 OG Montreal with stamp and PM July 25th Photo of M1X final between Karppinen FIN anf 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.

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)

Illustrated cover CAN OG Montreal 1976 (German text) with PM July 25th (day of M4+ final) - photo of M4+ bronze medal winners J. Faerber, P. Niehusen, S. Fricke, R. Kubail, cox H. Wenzel (GER)

Illustrated cover CHN 2008 Aug. 17th & 20th - OG Beijing - W4X gold medal win for CHN

Illustrated cover CRO 1995 - 60th anniversary RC °KORANA° Karlovac with corresponding PM July 7th 1995 Karlovac

Illustrated cover CRO 2003 with corresponding PM & cinderella - Mirna Rajle Brodanac, LW1X silver medal winner at WRC Milan

Illustrated cover CRO 2004 OG Athens with photo of the Skelin brothers (CRO), M2- silver medal winners OG Athens, and corresponding PM HVK °Gusar° Split 90th anniversary

Illustrated cover CRO 2011 - WRC Lake Karapiro with photo of M4X CRO, gold medal winner, and corresponding PM CRO 2011 Febr 22nd Zagreb

Illustrated cover CZE 2008 OG Beijing - M1X silver medal winner Ondrej Synek (CZE) with cinderella and PM

Illustrated cover ESP 1992 OG Barcelona - M2+ gold medal winners Greg & Jonny Searle, cox Garry Herbert (GBR)

Illustrated cover ESP 1992 OG Barcelona M2 gold medal winners Jonny Greg Searle cox Garry Herbert GBR

British brothers beat Italian brothers in a fantastic final sprint

The Abbagnale brothers with their coxwain Di Capua (ITA), M2+

Olympic champions 1984 + 1988 and seven times WRC gold medal

winners, looked like the certain victors in the M2+ final a couple of

hundred meters from the finish line when the Searle brothers raised

their stroke rate up to 44 and managed to overtake the favourites

within the last 15 strokes.

Illustrated cover GER 1984 OG Los Angeles - IMOS - (photo of M4X gold medal winner crew GER)

Illustrated cover GER 2008 Ruderzentrum Potsdam with cachet Kathrin Boron #Coll. VZ#

Illustrated cover GER 2008 with PM °Karl Adam°