Manfred Schneider

Manfred Schneider ( born October 9, 1941 in Schwerin ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic, which in 1972 won an Olympic bronze medal with the eighth.

Manfred Schneider began at the SG Dynamo Schwerin and then moved on to coach Elmar Antony at SC Dynamo Berlin. In the 1960s, Schneider took multiple third places in East Championships in the one and in the double sculls, relatively late in his career, Schneider moved to the belt boats. At the 1968 Olympic Games, he finished with the DDR - eight seventh. In 1970, he won his first East German championship with the eighth. 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 the title, 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 Schneider is with the rower Inge Schneider (born Gabriel ) married. The skilled boat builders later studied political science and worked at the sports club Dynamo in the finance department.

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