Identified Athletes
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Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Elisabeta Lipa (ROU)
Elisabeta Lipa won five gold medals
at Olympic Games:
W2X at OG Los Angeles 1984
W1X at OG Barcelona 1992
W8+ at OG Atlanta 1996
W8+ at OG Sydney 2000
W8+ at OG Athens 2004
She also won the W1X gold
medal at WRC Bled 1989
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Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Georgeta Damian-Andrunache (ROU)
Georgeta Andrunache (nee Damian)
won five gold medals at Olympic Games
and another five gold medals at World
Rowing Championships:
W2- and W8+ at OG Sydney 2000
W2- and W8+ at OG Athens 2004
W2- at OG Beijing 2008
W8+ at WRC Aiguebelette 1997
W8+ at WRC Cologne 1998
W8+ at WRC St. Catharines 1999
W2- at WRC Lucerne 2001
W2- at WRC Sevilla 2002
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Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - James Bruce Tomkins (AUS)
J. B. Tomkins is a three-time Olympic gold medallist and a seven-time World Champion
OG Barcelona 1992 (M4-) OG Atlanta 1996 (M4-) OG Athens 2004 (M2-)
World Champion Nottingham 1986 (M8+), Tasmania 1990 (M4-), Vienna 1991 (M4-),
Cologne 1998 (M4+ and M2+), St. Catharines 1999 (M2-), Milan 2003 (M2-)
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Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Kathleen Joan Heddle 1965-2021 (CAN)
OG Barcelona 1992 W2- gold medal
OG Barcelona 1992 W8+ gold medal
OG Atlanta 1996 W2X gold medal
WRC Vienna 1991 W2- gold medal
WRC Vienna 1991 W8+ gold medal
WRC Tampere 1995 W2X gold medal
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Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Mahe Drysdale (NZL) - set of six
Two-time M1X Olympic champion (2012 + 2016) and five-time World champion
(2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011)
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Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Paul Costello (USA)
Paul Costello (1894-1986) won three
gold medals at three Olympic Games:
M2X gold medal at OG Antwerp 1920
M2X gold medal at OG Paris 1924
M2X gold medal at OG Amsterdam 1928
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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
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Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Steve Redgrave (GBR)
Steve Redgrave won five Olympic gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games:
Los Angeles 1984 (M4+), Seoul 1988 (M2-), Barcelona 1992 (M2-), Atlanta 1996 (M2-) and Sydney 2000 (M4-).
He also won nine gold medals at World Rowing Championships: WRC Nottingham 1986 (M2+), WRC Copenhagen
1987 (M2-), WRC Vienna 1991 (M2-), WRC Radice 1993 (M2-), WRC Indianapolis 1994 (M2-), WRC Tampere
1995 (M2-), WRC Aiguebelette 1997 (M4-), WRC Cologne 1998 (M4-) and WRC St. Catharines 1999 (M4-).
He competed at Henley Royal Regatta for more than two decades winning 17 times in five different events,
among them the Diamond Sculls.
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Stamp BDI 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)
V. Ivanov won three gold medals
at Olympic Games:
M1X at OG Melbourne 1956
M1X at OG Rome 1960
M1X at OG Tokyo 1964
He was the M1X World Champion
at WRC Lucerne 1962 and M1X
European Champion at ERC Bled
1956, ERC Macon 1959, ERC Prague
1961 and ERC Amsterdam 1964.
Furthermore he won the Diamond
Sculls at Henley 1957 and 1958.
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Stamp BDI 2023 SS - unauthorized issue - "Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics"
Lower right corner: J. Dreifke & K. Koeppelien (GDR),
M2X gold medal winners OG Montreal 1976 and WRC
Munich 1981
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Stamp BDI 2023 SS (unauthorized issue) OG Montreal 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)
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Stamp BEL 2024 (personalized issue) - Tim Brys (BEL), 4th place in the M1X competition at OG Paris, and his coach Dirk Crois
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Stamp BEL 2024 (personalized issue) - Tim Brys (BEL), M1X competition at OG Paris 4th place
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Stamp BEN 2008 MS °Legendary Athletes at Olympic Games° perforated & imperforated (unauthorized) - Steve Redgrave (GBR)
Steve Redgrave (GBR) won five gold medals in five consecutive Olympic Games:
1984 OG Los Angeles M4+ (with M. Cross, R. Budgett, A. Holmes, cox A. Ellison)
1988 OG Seoul M2- (with A. Holmes)
1992 OG Barcelona M2- (with M. Pinsent)
1996 OG Atlanta M2- (with M. Pinsent)
2000 OG Sydney M4+ (with J. Cracknell, T. Foster, M. Pinsent)
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Stamp BEN 2008 SS perforated & imperforated (unauthorized) - OG Beijing - Steve Redgrave (GBR)
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Stamp BLR 2004 Oct. 7th SS OG Athens - Olympic medals for BLR
MI SS 41
SC 538
W1x silver medal: E. Karsten (BLR)
W2- bronze medal: Y. Bichyk & N. Helakh (BLR)
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Stamp BLR 2008 Aug. 15th OG Beijing - Ekaterina Karsten (BLR)
Ekaterina Karsten rowed at seven Olympic Games and won two Olympic gold medals (W1X OG Atlanta 1996 and OG Sydney 2000), one silver and two bronze medals plus six WRC titles MI 722
SC 670
SG 743
YV 638
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Stamp BLR 2010 July 24th - OG Beijing 2008 medal winners from BLR SS
MI SS 77
SG MS 821
YV BF 79
Rowing tabs on margin:
bronze medal winners
Ekaterina Karsten (W1X)
Yuliya Bichyk & Natalia Helakh (W2-)
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Stamp BUL 1996 July 4th OG Atlanta - 20th anniversary of W2X gold medal for BUL at OG Montreal 1976 (S. Otzetowa & Z. Yordanova)
MI 4230
SC 3935
YV 3677
MI 4227-30
YV 3674-77
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Stamp BUL 2007 Dec. 19th ERC Poznan - Rumyana Neykova (BUL), W1X gold medal winner
MI 4830
SC 4459
YV 4165
