Horst Effertz

Horst Effertz (* August 4, 1938 in Dusseldorf ) is a retired German rower. He was in Rome in 1960 Olympic champion.

Effertz launched for the Rowing Club Germania Dusseldorf 1904. 1958 he was together with Gerd Cintl German champion in pairs without coxswain and two with coxswain, helmsman sat Michael Obst in the boat. At the European Championships in 1958 and Cintl Effertz won silver in two without.

1959 rose Cintl and Effertz into the four with coxswain. The boat of Germania Dusseldorf in the occupation of Klaus Wegner, Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Claus Hess with coxswain Michael Obst won both at the German Championship and the European Championship.

For the 1960 Olympics on the Alban lake, the boat was transformed. In the occupation Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Klaus Riekemann, Jürgen Litz and Michael Obst, the boat won both forward and intermediate run with the fastest time. In the finale, the boat could safely assert against the French boat.

1964 Effertz was German champion in the coxless four. The boat in the cast Schroers Günter, Horst Effertz, Albrecht Müller and Manfred Misselhorn also won at the European Championships in Amsterdam, after the Danish crew had gekrebst in the final sprint. The boat of Germania Dusseldorf drove as favorite to 1964 Olympic Games to Tokyo, but there won the Danish boat. The German foursome could not cope with the wind and finished only sixth. After the Olympics Effertz ended his rowing career.