Klaus Behrens

Klaus Behrens ( born August 3, 1941 in Ratzeburg ) is a retired German rower. In 1964, he was Olympic silver medalist in the eighth.

The rowers from Ratzeburg Rowing Club belonged from 1962 to 1965 with the trained by Karl Adam Germany eighth. The discharged on the Rotsee in Lucerne first World Rowing Championships eight won in the occupation Horst Meyer, Jürgen Plagemann, Klaus Aeffke, Klaus Behrens, Hans -Jürgen Wallbrecht, Karl- Heinrich von GRODDECK, Ingo Kliefoth, Bernd Kruse and helmsman Thomas Ahrens before the boats from the Soviet Union and France. 1963 won the boat in the same occupation at the European Championships in Copenhagen before the boats from the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia.

1964 were replaced by Klaus Bittner and Jürgen Schröder Kliefoth and Kruse. The change in the composition, the boat won at the European Championships in Amsterdam before the boats from the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 the German Roller won his heat in front of the boats from the USA, Italy and Yugoslavia, the boats from Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union won the other two heats. About the Hope runs the boat from the U.S., as well as the Italians and the Yugoslavs also reached the final. The Germans had beaten the boat from the United States by 28 hundredths of a second in flow, so the Americans, the Germans in the final dissociated equal to five seconds behind the U.S. and Germany won the boat from Czechoslovakia the bronze medal.

At the European Championships 1965, the German boat competed in the occupation Horst Meyer, Dirk Schreyer, Christian Prey, Klaus Behrens, Dagobert Thometschek, Jürgen Schröder, Hans -Jürgen Wallbrecht and Klaus Aeffke, new helmsman was Peter Niehusen. This boat won in front of the boats from the Soviet Union and the guest drivers from the United States, whose boot five rowers from the boat sat Olympic champion from 1964.

After these European Championships the boat was completely re-staffed, only Meyer, Schreyer and Niehusen belonged in 1966 to the crew that won the world title in Bled. Klaus Behrens finished his career after an Olympic silver medal, a World Championship titles and three European Championships.