Identified Athletes G-H-I

WRC Sarasota 2017 M8+ result

Gold medal         GER  5:26,85

Silver medal        USA  5:28,45

Bronze medal       ITA  5:28,90

This crew is the fastest M8+ in the world:

winner of the M8+ World Rowing Cup final

2017 at Poznan (POL) in 5:18,68 min.

       MI 2249

       SC 2134

       SG 2297

       YV 2229

       MI MS 2249

       SG 2297a

The stamp was issued one day after the final.

It celebrated the first Olympic rowing

medal ever for Greece.

          MI 9614

          YV 6645

                           M4X GER

                   Karl Schulze (bow)

                   Phillipp Wende (2)

                   Lauritz Schoof (3)

                   Tim Grohmann (stroke)

          portrait of P. Wende in foreground

           M4X result OG London 2012:

          1. GER 5:42,48

          2. CRO 5:44,78

          3. AUS 5:45,22

 Chiu Hin Chun (HKG) achieved second place

         in the  M1X final D = 20th overall

Sidney Swans won the M8+

gold medal at OG Stockholm

1912 and the M8+ silver

medal at OG Antwerp 1920

Steve Redgrave is the most

successful Olympic rower of

all times. He won five Olympic

gold medals in five consecutive

Olympic Games 1984 - 2000.

!984: M4+

1988, 1992, 1996: M2-

2000: M4-

       MI 4662

       MI 4659-62 A

       MI 4659-62 B

       MI SS 618 A

       MI SS 618 B