Walter Dießner
Walter Dießner ( born December 26, 1954 in Meissen ) is a former rower from the GDR. In 1980 he became Olympic champion in the four with coxswain.
Life
Walter Dießner is the older brother of Ullrich Dießner while Walter Dießner was born shortly before midnight, Ullrich came shortly thereafter to the world and therefore has a different birthday than his twin brother. Both brothers learned alongside their rowing career to the profession of toolmaking and both trained at SC Einheit Dresden under Hans Eckstein.
In 1972, the two Junior World Champion in the coxless pairs. After winning the 1974 the brothers together with Ruediger Kunze, Andreas Schulz and helmsman Wolfgang Groß the world title in the senior category in the four with coxswain. 1975 won the boat in the same occupation World Championship silver behind the quad from the Soviet Union. Also at the 1976 Olympic Games Dresdner coxed four were subject to the boat from the Soviet Union, but was now John Thomas helmsman for Wolfgang Groß. After these two silver medals of the four was reshuffled, 1977 and 1978 were the two Dießners with Gottfried Döhn, Dieter Wendish and helmsman Andreas Gregor and each won the world title. Until then, the four had set out only with rowers unit of Dresden, for the 1979 season drew oarsmen from Leipzig and Potsdam in the boat. In the occupation Dießner Ullrich, Jens Doberschütz, Walter Dießner, Bernd Schlufter and helmsman Lutz Werner the boat again won the world title for the Dießners it was the third consecutive title and fourth overall. At the Olympic Games 1980, the foursome came back on in the Dresden occupation of 1977 and 1978, together with Döhn, Wendish and Gregory were the Dießners in Moscow Olympic champion, where they had four and a half seconds ahead of the Soviet boat in the target.
1981 started the Dießners in the GDR rollercoaster, but occupied in the World Cup only fourth place. Walter Dießner then interrupted his career for one year, 1983, he returned to the coxless four back once again and finished third in the East German championship. Walter Dießner trained later on to bakers and had her own bakery in Meissen. His son Jörg Dießner took part in the Olympic rowing competitions 2000.
Walter Dießner awarded in 1976 with the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze and 1980 silver.