Otto Maier

Otto Maier ( born December 23, 1887 † May 29, 1957 ) was a German rower, the 1912 Olympic champion in the four with coxswain.

Otto Maier from Frankfurt rowing club of 1865 was one of two control men in Stockholm supported the coxless four of the Ludwigshafen Rowing Club at the Olympic Games in 1912, because there only the four with coxswain was advertised. The Ludwigshafen Albert Arnheiter, Rudolf Fickeisen, Hermann Otto Fickeisen Wilker and defeated their guest helmsman in the first race the only boat of the Swedish hosts, in the quarterfinals had no opponent in the semifinals and beat the Danish boat. In the semifinals of the German foursome had undercut the seven- minute mark, which also succeeded in the final against the British and was sufficient to victory.

Coxswain (rowing) Ludwigshafener Ruderverein Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics Hermann Wilker List of Olympic medalists in rowing (men) Waldemar Tietgens Max Rudolf (rower) Paul Rudolf Hans Walter Alfred Probst Eugen Sigg Hans Eller Horst Hoeck Walter Meyer Joachim Spremberg Carlheinz Neumann Hans Maier (rower) Walter Volle Ernst Gaber Fritz Bauer (rower) Alberto Winkler Romano Sgheiz Franco Trincavelli Ivo Stefanoni Horst Effertz Klaus Riekemann Michael Obst Peter Neusel Bernhard Britting Joachim Werner (rower) Egbert Hirschfelder Dick Joyce (rower) Ross Collinge Dudley Storey Warren Cole Simon Dickie Peter Berger (rower) Gerhard Auer Alois Bierl Uwe Benter Nikolai Petrovich Ivanov Dieter Wendisch Andreas Gregor Andy Holmes Bernd Niesecke Karsten Schmeling Bernd Eichwurzel Frank Klawonn Hendrik Reiher
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