Fritz Briel

Fritz Briel ( born October 24, 1934 in Dusseldorf ) is a former German canoeist from the Federal Republic of Germany. He took part in the 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal.

Career

The canoeist of loyalty Rhine Dusseldorf 1954 won his first league titles in the adult class. The West European champion in 1955 in the 10,000 meters was able to qualify in 1956 for the total German team for the Olympics. In Melbourne he joined together with Theo Small in double kayak over 10,000 meters of, three seconds behind the winning Hungary János László Urányi and Fabian Small and Briel the silver medal.

At the European Championships in 1957 in Ghent Briel won four medals, he won the 10,000 meters in one kayak and along with his team-mate Heinz Ackers in the double kayak over 1000 meters. There were also a silver medal in the one - kayak over 1000 meters behind Valentin Naumov from the Soviet Union and a bronze medal in the four-man kayak over 1000 meters.

1958 at the World Championships in Prague, he won over 1000 meters in one kayak. A second world title he won in the 4 x 500 - meter relay team along with Paul Lange, Helmut heart and Meinrad Miltenberger. The end of 1959 fell ill Fritz Briel hard and missed by the 1960 Olympic qualification.

Once at the German Championships in 1960 he was at the start, he celebrated his international comeback at the European Championships 1961 in Poznan. He won the title in the 10,000 meters in the one and in the 4 x 500 - meter relay team along with Paul Lange, Heinz Buker and Friedhelm Wentzke. On his special track in one kayak over 10,000 meters Briel won in 1963 in Jajce both the world title and the European title. His last major international medal winning Fritz Briel at the 1966 World Championships in East Berlin; behind the Hungarian Mihály Hesz and Vladimir Zemljakow from the Soviet Union, Briel won again bronze.

The qualified installer led from 1960 to 1970 as a tenant a gas station in Hilden, made in 1970 as a certified massage therapist independently and ran until his retirement in the bath house Briel in Dusseldorf -Eller.

German championship

  • One kayak 1000 meters: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965
  • One kayak 10,000 meters: 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966
  • Double kayak 1000 m: 1957, 1958 ( with Heinz Ackers )
  • Four - kayaking 10,000 meters: 1954
  • 4 x 500 - meter relay: 1963
  • One kayak team champion: 1957
Unified Team of Germany Paul Lange (canoeist)
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