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The describtion on the back of this card is wrong in various aspects:
1. Karl Adam was never a German Rowing Champion. He was a coach.
2. His first big win was the M8+ gold medal at the ERC Macon 1959,
followed by the Olympic M8+ gold medal win at Rome 1960 (ending
the uninterrupted succession of eight United States Olympic M8+
victories 1920-1956).
3. The Ratzeburg Rowing Academy was founded in 1965 by the
German Rowing Federation. Karl Adam was its director for the
first ten years.