Eckart Diesch

Eckart Diesch ( born May 1, 1954 in Friedrichshafen, Germany ) is a German sailor who was Olympic champion in 1976 in the Flying Dutchman class.

Eckart Diesch was already successful as Vorschotmann along with his brother Jörg as a youth and junior. 1968 and 1969 they won the German youth championship in pirate. In 1972 she was world champion in the class Shark 24 and later in front of the Canadian Fireball Kingston. After they had switched in 1973 in the Flying Dutchman, they won the 1974 at the Kieler Woche. In 1974 they won the bronze medal at the European Championships, a year later bronze at the World Cup. 1976 at the Olympic Regatta, also in front of Kingston, succeeded the two days not a single victory. With three second places, one third place and two fifth places, the brothers still Olympic champion before the British title holder Rodney Pattison were.

The brothers were Diesch 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1980 German Masters. In 1980, she had also qualified for the Olympic Games in Tallinn, but were not allowed to participate because of the Olympic boycott. Four years later the two but came at the Olympic Regatta in 1984 off Long Beach nor to their second Olympic participation. On the last day of the regatta the two succeeded in her first Olympic victory in the overall standings, the two fifth.

The brothers Diesch come from a sailor family. Her father, Dr. Bruno Diesch was European champion in the 30 - square - Schärenkreuzer before the Second World War. Its main competitor in Germany was during her career her cousin Albert Batzill, the 1978 ( with his brother Rudolf Batzill ), 1981, 1986 and 1989 world champion, but only in 1988 the first time qualified for the Olympic Games.

Today, Dr. Eckart Diesch works as a dentist in Friedrichshafen. He is president of the Württemberg yacht clubs, for his cousin, he and his brother started.