Bernd Landvoigt
Bernd Landvoigt ( born March 23, 1951 in Brandenburg ( Havel ) ) is a retired German rower and current rowing coach. He was twice Olympic champion and four times world champion coxless pairs with his twin brother Jörg Landvoigt.
Bernd Voigt country began in 1965 with his brother, his sports career at BSG unit Brandenburg and has been delegated to Potsdam for Children and Youth Sports School and the club SG Dynamo Potsdam in 1969. He won his first major international success with the 1972 Olympics in Munich, where he won the bronze medal as a member of the East German rowing eight.
Later he formed with his twin brother Jörg one of the most successful two without ever that reached 179 victories in 180 consecutive races.
Both in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal as well as in the Games in 1980 they were Olympic champions. In addition, she won at the World Championships 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979 and were washed three times champion of the GDR (1974, 1978 and 1979). 1980 both ended the competitive sports.
Besides his career he completed successful 1969-1977 sports studies and since his time working since 1980 as a coach for the SG Dynamo Potsdam, Potsdam today Rowing Society.
It is nowadays the base coach at the German Rowing Association ( DRV) in Potsdam and has prepared a variety of athletes to medal wins at World Championships and Olympic Games. At times, he also coached his nephew Ike Landvoigt, the son of his brother Jörg.
Bernd Landvoigt married Viola Goretzki, the 1976 Olympic champion with the eighth.