Klaus Jacob (rower)

Klaus Jacob ( born April 20, 1943 in Ústí nad Labem ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic. In 1968 he won the silver medal in the coxed four at the Olympic Games.

Klaus Jacob started for the SC Einheit Dresden and trained under Hans Eckstein. From 1965 he sat in the coxless pairs together with Manfred Gelpke, with whom he was in 1966 GDR Champion. 1965 and 1970, he finished each in the GDR Cup second place in the eighth. In 1968, a mere eight Dresden GDR champion. In this boat Forberger Frank, Dieter Grahn, Peter Kremtz, Frank Rühle, Klaus Jacob, Manfred Gelpke, Dieter Schubert, Roland Göhler and helmsman Dieter Semetzky sat. For this boat made ​​Hans Eckstein for the 1968 Olympic Games a coxless four from Forberger, Grahn, Schubert and Rühle and a coxed four from Jacob, Gelpke, Kremtz, Göhler and Semetzky. On the regatta course of Xochimilco of four without any gold, with four won silver behind the New Zealanders won. For winning the silver medal Jacob was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze. In 1969 he was again GDR champion with the quad.

Klaus Jacob was skilled lathe. He studied at the Technical University of Dresden, after his graduation he was assistant professor in the section Kraftfahrzeuge/Land- and conveyor technology. After the turn he was at the Institute for Material Handling, Construction and Logistics.