Hans-Johann Färber
Hans- Johann Färber ( born April 20, 1947 in Schljiwoßewci, Osijek - Baranja ) is a retired German rower, who competed for the Federal Republic of Germany and Olympic champion, world champion and European champion was.
Life
1967, the two coxless the Rudergesellschaft Wetzlar in 1880 with German Udo Brecht and Hans- Johann master dyer. At the European Championships in 1967, the two occupied the third place. In pairs with coxswain 1967 Peter Berger, Niko Ott and helmsman Stefan Armbruster of Neptune Constance German masters had become. 1968 were the two pairs in a rowing community as a coxed four and won the title at the German Championship. At the Olympic Games in 1968 this four missed the final. The B final was held without the West German foursome after Berger and Brecht were ill. Also ill was Roland Boese from the German Roller, dyers and Ott were the replacement candidate. The coach Karl Adam suggested dyer, but the eight - team opted for Niko Ott, who was then with the German Eighth Olympic champion.
1969, a new quad was built around batsman Peter Berger and Hans- Johann Färber, Alois Bierl from Ludwig Ruderverein and Gerhard Auer from Ulm were new to the boat, which became known as the Bull of four because of the large power values of the four rowers. With helmsman Stefan Voncken the four 1969 European champion and 1970 world champions were. 1971 defended the boat with coxswain Uwe Benter his European title. After years of unbeaten boat was a big favorite for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. On September 2, the regatta course in Oberschleißheim was sold out, but the crush of visitors without tickets was so great that the fences did not stand up. The Bull quad controlled by Uwe Benter won the expected gold medal safe from the boats from the GDR and Czechoslovakia, it should be the only rowing gold for the Federal Republic in 1972.
At the World Cup in 1974, a new four with coxswain went to, where with dyer & Benter sat for two Olympic champion from 1972; were added with Peter -Michael Kolbe and Peter Niehusen two internationally successful rowers and already the young Berlin Ralph Kubail. The new composite boat occupied at the World Championships in Lucerne third place behind the boats from the GDR and the Soviet Union. 1975 won the Wetzlar foursome with dyers, Siegfried Fricke, Christoph Pitzer, Andreas Fischer and helmsman Werner Kahl the German championship. From this crew only dyers belonged to four at the World Championships in 1975 in Nottingham. In the occupation dyer, Kubail, Dieter Knief, Niehusen and helmsman Hartmut Wenzel of four again won World Championship bronze. In 1976 a rowing community with Hans- Johann Färber, Siegfried Fricke, Gerhard Auer, Christoph Pitzer and Hartmut Wenzel the German championship title. For the Olympic Games in Montreal Auer and Pitzer had to leave the boat; for Niehusen and Kubail moved into the boat, which won for the third consecutive bronze at the season climax.
Dyer was a trained butcher, pursued his athletic career but as a professional soldier. Later he was for many years director of the Munich Olympic training. In 2001 he joined as commercial director for Hellabrunn, where he spent six years together with the veterinarians Henning Wiesner formed the Board. Hans- Johann Färber is now retired.