Stamps by Year - 2020 - 2030

             The crew in red vests is 

        the M4+ gold medal winner URS,

     below the GER crew (bronze medal)

German medal winners M1X, M4+ and M2-

Rob Waddell won the M1X B-final at

OG Atlanta 1996 (= 7th place),

became M1X World champion in 1998,

defended his title in 1999 and crowned

his career with the M1X gold medal win

at OG Sydney 2000.

Silken Laumann gained the W2X bronze medal

at OG Los Angeles 1984 together with her sister

Danielle. She won the W1X gold medal in 1991

and was the gold medal favourite for OG Barcelona

1992 when ten weeks prior to the Games her right

leg was shattered by an accident in the warm-up area

of regatta Essen (GER). A M4- crew had rammed into

her shell. Told that she would never row again and

after five operations she walked with a cane to her

boat and won the W1X bronze medal.

She finished her career with the W1X silver medal at

OG Atlanta 1996.

FISA introduced traffic rules for the warm-up areas

of regattas after the 1992 incident.

M1X Final A OG Atlanta 1996

Gold:      Xeno Muller (SUI)         6:44,85

Silver:     Derek Porter (CAN)      6:47,45

Bronze:  Thomas Lange (GER)   6:47,72

       MI 3226 A

      MI SS 168

        booklet

       booklet cover

 Painting "Olympics rowing 01" by

Miki De Goodaboorn (FRA) depicting

Mahe Drysdale (NZL), Olympic M1X

gold medal winner London 2012 and

Rio de Janeiro 2016

    W1X painting by Tonia Williams

 Painting "John Biglin in a Single Scull" (1874) by Thomas Eakins