Jan Herzog
January Herzog ( born August 8, 1974 in Berlin ) is a retired German rower. His club is the rowing club at the Wannsee Berlin. He is related to the well-known rowing family El- Qalqili: Joel El- Qalqili and Iradj El- Qalqili are his cousins.
Life
Duke took first time in 1994 in the lightweight double sculls at U23 world championships, in 1995 he won the silver medal in the same class.
In 1996, he was able to improve this result in the non-Olympic lightweight quadruple sculls with the U23 world title yet until he moved to the slight belt area in 1997 and was immediately awarded with its partners Martin Weiss, Roland Händle and Markus Mielke the bronze medal in the lightweight coxless four won the world Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette.
In 1998, he joined the heavy area, but found at the World Championships in Cologne not taken into account, which is why he opted for the continuation of his medical studies. In 1999 he won with his new partner Ike Landvoigt DRV internal early test and was able to qualify as a sliding seat in Germany aft and thus also for the World Championships in St. Catharines (Canada), but where he could only reach the tenth place and therefore the direct Olympic qualifiers missed. After this result Jan Herzog found (similar to other successful rowers ) never again account for the aft, which again became the national parade boat and regular suppliers medal after the Olympics with a new crew.
2000 was January Herzog qualify as one of 14 belt - rowers for the Olympic Games in Sydney ( 2 in two, four in four, 2 spare, as well as a lightweight four and two alternates ) to there in the coxless four the 11th Place to reach. In 2001, Duke decided under the new national coach Dieter Grahn for a start in the coxless pairs. He missed the semi-finals just the finals and won with Ike Landvoigt the B-final, so reach the seventh.
At the 2002 season, he was due to an injury he had suffered at the hand in the winter training camp, not participate. In 2003, he was also unable to qualify for the World Championships and changed again for the Olympic season partner, Tobias Kühne from Hanover, with whom he won again the DRV internal test early and fought through the Olympic Qulifikationsregatta.
At the Athens Games he reached then surprisingly the finals in two coxless and was able to occupy the sixth place, after winning the semi-finals. Along with his World Cup medal in 1997 was his greatest success.
In 2005 he found himself at the World Championships in Japan again with his Olympic partner Tobias Kühne two coxless together and won there again the B-final. Duke was able to win seven national titles and participate victorious for the Oxford University Boat Race on in 2008. The rowing technique he learned at his longtime trainer, once a successful rower Bernd Landvoigt.