Peter Neusel

Peter Neusel ( born November 19, 1941 in Berlin ) is a retired German rower. In 1964 he became Olympic champion in the four with coxswain.

The rowers from Berlin Rowing Club began his career in the eighth. In 1961 he won at the German championships in this class of boat and took the helm at the European Championships in second place. In 1962, he rose in the four with coxswain at. The coached by Walter Full foursome from Berlin's RC in the cast Bernd- Jürgen Marschner, Peter Neusel, Bernhard Brit Ting, Manfred Ross and helmsman Jürgen Oelke immediately won the German championship. The discharged on the Rotsee in Lucerne first World Rowing Championships this foursome won ahead of the boats from France and the Soviet Union.

In 1963 the boat was reshuffled for Marschner and Ross moved Egbert Hirschfelder and Joachim Werner in the boat. Also this boat immediately won at the German Championships and won the European Championships in Copenhagen before the boats from Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. 1964 won Neusel, Brit Ting, Werner, Hirschfelder and Oelke again the championship. But at the European Championships in Amsterdam, they were subject to the newly formed Russian boat, the Berlin received four silver front of the Italian boot. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union, the three heats won. On the final day, October 15, the conditions due to strong winds were a bit difficult. The Soviet European champion boat had his problems with the conditions and finished in fifth place, while the Berlin Boat won the gold medal ahead of the Italians.

Neusel Peter was the son of professional boxer Walter Neusel. This died on 3 October 1964, when Peter Neusel already acclimatized in Japan. After consultation with his mother, Peter Neusel did not travel to the funeral, but stepped up to the Olympic Games. Peter Neusel took over already during his business studies his father's pub in the Charlottenburg Suarezstraße.

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