Heinrich Mederow

Heinrich Mederow ( born September 20, 1945 in King Wusterhausen ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic, in 1972 won an Olympic bronze medal with the eighth.

Mederow competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam and trained with John Wudanz. In 1970, he was together with Wolfgang Ribguth and the twins Jörg and Bernd Landvoigt second in the GDR championships in coxless four.

1972 arose from the Potsdamer coxless four and the four with coxswain of the SC Dynamo Berlin, a new DDR - roller, the at 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 helmsman Dietmar Schwarz took. 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.

The following year, Mederow won his only Masters title with a DDR composed of five clubs eighth. In the occupation of Henry Mederow, Detlef lamb, Friedrich- Wilhelm Ulrich, Andreas Decker, Stefan Semmler, Bernd Landvoigt, Karl -Heinz Prudöhl, Werner Klatt and helmsman Karl -Heinz Danielowski the GDR Roller won the European Championship in Moscow.

The trained diesel mechanic worked after studying at the DHfK as rowing coach at Dynamo Potsdam. Since his retirement as a police officer, he worked as a coach. After the not very successful for the German Rowing Federation World Rowing Championships in 2007 Mederow jumped additionally as an assistant to national coach Jutta Lau.