Harold Dimke

Harold Dimke ( born November 21, 1949 in Berlin ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic, who in 1972 won an Olympic bronze medal with the eighth.

Harold Dimke rowed under coach Elmar Antony at SC Dynamo Berlin. In 1969, he took along with Manfred Schneider and Hartmut Schreiber and Peter Schulz and helmsman Reinhard Staeck third place in the GDR championships in four with coxswain. 1970 Dimke rowed with the coxless four at the third place. In 1971 Antony a new coxed four together: Harold Dimke as a hitter, Manfred Schneider, Manfred Schmorde, Hartmut writer and helmsman Dietmar Schwarz won not only in the GDR Championships the title, but also occupied at the European Championships in Copenhagen in second place behind the West German Bull foursome with Peter Berger on percussion.

1972 changed the entire four in the eighth, who raced in the Olympic Games at the Rowing Course in the occupation of Hans -Joachim Borzym, Jörg Landvoigt, Harold Dimke, Manfred Schneider, Hartmut Schreiber, Manfred Schmorde, Bernd Landvoigt, Heinrich Mederow and Dietmar Schwarz. The aft occupied in the run to third place behind the boats from the Soviet Union and from the Netherlands, but won his semi-final in front of the boats from the Soviet Union and the United States. In the final, won the New Zealanders, with six hundredths of a second behind the United States, the East German rowers erruderten the bronze medal.

Harold Dimke is an economics graduate and was employed by the Sports Club Dynamo.