Thomas Ahrens

Thomas Ahrens ( born May 27, 1948 in Mölln ) is a former German coxswain in rowing. In 1964, he was Olympic silver medalist in the eighth.

The rowers from Ratzeburg Rowing Club belonged from 1962 to 1964 with the trained by Karl Adam Germany eighth. In the 1962 discharged on the Rotsee in Lucerne first World Rowing Championships eight won in the occupation Horst Meyer, Jürgen Plagemann, Klaus Aeffke, Klaus Behrens, Hans -Jürgen Wallbrecht, Karl- Heinrich von GRODDECK, Ingo Kliefoth, Bernd Kruse and helmsman Thomas Ahrens before the boats from the Soviet Union and France. 1963 won the boat in the same occupation at the European Championships in Copenhagen before the boats from the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia.

1964 were replaced by Klaus Bittner and Jürgen Schröder Kliefoth and Kruse. The change in the composition, the boat won at the European Championships in Amsterdam before the boats from the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 the German Roller won his heat in front of the boats from the USA, Italy and Yugoslavia, the boats from Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union won the other two heats. About the Hope runs the boat from the U.S., as well as the Italians and the Yugoslavs also reached the final. The Germans had beaten the boat from the United States by 28 hundredths of a second in flow, so the Americans, the Germans in the final dissociated equal to five seconds behind the U.S. and Germany won the boat from Czechoslovakia the bronze medal.