Armin Eichholz
Armin Eichholz ( born May 21, 1964 in Duisburg ) is a former German rower. He took part in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games and 1988 Olympic champion.
Armin Eichholz rowed until 1988 for the rowing club Blankenstein / Ruhr and from 1991 for the RC Hansa Dortmund. 1979 Eichholz began rowing in 1985 he took part in the first World Rowing Championships, finishing with the coxed four seventh. 1986 and 1987 sat Eichholz in the eighth and reached as opposed to 1985 in each case the World Cup finals, but finished there only 6th place as coach Ralf Holt Meyer to Germany rollercoaster for the Olympic Games in Seoul newly formed, the 2.04 meter tall Eichholz remained in the boat. In the occupation of Wolfgang Maennig, Thomas Möllenkamp, Matthias Mellinghaus, Eckhardt Schultz, Ansgar Wessling, Armin Eichholz, Thomas Domian, batsman Bahne Rabe and helmsman Manfred Klein aft won gold in Seoul. After this success Eichholz stopped with the high-performance sports to advance his engineering studies.
In 1991 he presented his diploma exam in mechanical engineering. Then he returned to the sport and rowed together with Matthias Affliction, Armin Weyrauch, Bahne Rabe and helmsman Thomas Alt in the four with coxswain. Although with Eichholz and Raven sat the two longest rowers from Germany Aft 1988 in the boat, but it was surprising that the two after two years break from competition at first German masters were. With helmsman Jörg Dederding instead Thomas Old boat won at the World Championships in Vienna the title in a new world record, which still exists today has (as of 2010). For the 1992 Olympic Games and Raven Eicholz returned to Germany eight, who had three times won the World Cup in a row in a rotating cast. In Barcelona, the aft Germany won bronze behind Canada and Romania.
Dr. ing. Armin Eichholz is since 2010 Head of the lignite at RWE Power.