Waldemar Tietgens

Waldemar Tietgens (* March 26, 1879; † July 28, 1917 in Flanders ) was a German rower who won the coxed four in 1900 the first German Olympic champion in rowing.

At the Olympic Games 1900 Olympic competitions were held in rowing on the Seine in Paris for the first time. The hamburgers and Germania Rowing Club had sent the crew for a roller to Paris. Some rowers from this rollercoaster, namely Oscar Gossler, his brother Gustav Goßler and Walther Katzenstein and Waldemar Tietgens occurred in addition to the four with coxswain. In the heats on August 25, the roller could qualify as the third of its forward travel, and the four with coxswain first of its forward travel for the final. The finale in the aft was held on 26 August. The hamburgers were replaced for the final their captain Alexander von Oven Gleichman against a younger and 45 pounds lighter French tax man, but could not deal with the other weight distribution in the boat and finished fourth.

In the four with coxswain, there were protests against the qualification, which should be corrected on 26 August in an elimination race. It had not been informed, so that some boats were missing, including the four of Germania Hamburg all participants. This led to the decision to evaluate the result of the elimination race as the official final result and for the three boats that had missed this race to host another official finale on August 27. This compromise there for the Olympic Games in 1900, two official finals with official Olympic Champions, Olympics Second and Olympic bronze medalists.

For the second final on August 27, competed next to Hamburg's boat crews of Minerva Amsterdam and the Ludwig Ruderverein. The Hamburg translated as helmsman another brother of Oskar and Gustav Goßler one, the 15 -year-old Carl Goßler. The Hamburg won the race with more than a boat length ahead of the Amsterdam, which in turn reached the target just before the Ludwigshafenern. The victory of the hamburger was not only the first Olympic gold medal German rowers, but also the first victory of a German boat with a larger Regatta abroad at all.

The merchant Waldemar Tietgens was killed in 1917 in Flanders.