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Matthias Affliction ( born May 21, 1968 in Dortmund ) is a retired German rower who won two world titles in rowing.

Affliction was launched as a teenager for the rowing club Meschede, later for the rowing club Hansa 1898 (Dortmund ) and coached at Dieter Grahn and Ralf Meyer Holt. Affliction won together with Armin Weyrauch 1990, the German championship in coxless pairs, then the coach called both in Germany aft. At the World Championships 1990 at the Lake Barrington in Tasmania Weyrauch and Affliction won the eighth. 1991 both changed in the four with coxswain to Armin Eichholz, Bahne Rabe and helmsman Jörg Dederding, in this cast the boat won the title at the World Championships in Vienna.

For the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona Rabe and Eichholz changed in the eighth, adversity and Weyrauch formed together with Dirk Balster and Markus Vogt a coxless four, of the fight for the bronze medal by 0.15 seconds lost against the Slovenes in Barcelona and therefore the took fourth place. After the 1992 Olympics Affliction started mostly with Colin von Ettingshausen in two without. 1994 reached the two at the World Championship in Indianapolis in fourth place. At the conclusion of adversity career, the two took part in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and there occupied the 15th place.

Matthias Affliction had studied during his career in competitive sports Electrical Engineering at the University of Dortmund and later connected with an MBA from the University of Münster. He married the eight Olympic champion from 1988 Judith Zeidler. With their two sons and a daughter, the family now lives in Australia.