Otto Liebing

Otto Liebing ( born March 31, 1891 in Berlin, † November 7, 1967 ) was a German rower who won an Olympic bronze medal in 1912 with the eighth.

Liebing launched for the Berlin Rowing Club from 1876. 1911 he won together with Werner Dehn, Rudolf Reichelt and Hans Matthiae the German championship in the coxless four. With the aft Berliner documents at the German Championship the aft of Stettin. 1912 won the aft petrol Liebing as a hitter, Max Bröske, Max Vetter, Willi Bartholomae, Fritz Bartholomae, Werner Dehn, Rudolf Reichelt, Hans Matthiae and helmsman Kurt Runge at the German Championship in front of the boat from Mainz, the boat from the Berliner RC Sport Borussia gave up.

At the Olympic Games in 1912 on the Djurgårdsbrunnsviken in Stockholm two boats were in the KO system against each other. The aft of the Berlin RV of 1876 won in the first round of a Hungarian eighth. In the second round came together two Berlin boats, RV 1876 triumphed over the boat of sports Borussia. In the semifinals, the boat was defeated with Liebing the later Olympic champions from London's Leander Rowing Club. since only three boats reached the semi-finals, the Germans were so Olympic bronze medalist.

After the First World War Otto Liebing won another national title, as he along with Paul Graun won in 1920 in a two coxless.