Manfred Schmorde

Manfred Schmorde ( born September 18, 1946 in Großsteinberg ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic, who in 1972 won an Olympic bronze medal with the eighth.

Manfred Schmorde began as a footballer and was discovered because of its size of 1.92 meters for rowing. He rowed for the SC Dynamo Berlin, where he trained under Elmar Antony. In 1970 he won together with Hartmut writer and Reinhard tooth in the GDR championships in two with coxswain. Before the World Championships in Canada's St. Catharines replaced Klaus -Dieter Ludwig Reinhard tooth as helmsman, writer, Ludwig Schmorde and won the silver medal behind the Romanian boat. In 1971 Antony a new coxed four together: Harold Dimke as a hitter, Manfred Schneider, Manfred Schmorde, Hartmut writer and helmsman Dietmar Schwarz won not only in the GDR championships but also occupied at the European Championships in Copenhagen in second place behind the West German Bull foursome with Peter Berger on percussion.

1972 changed the entire four in the eighth, who competed 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 Dietmar Schwarz. 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.

Manfred Schmorde is a bricklayer, he was later employed as a ship's guide, drivers and marshal.