Andreas Hajek
German rower (born 1968)
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Born | (1968-04-16) 16 April 1968 (age 56) Weißenfels, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andreas Hajek (born 16 April 1968 in Weißenfels) is a retired German rower.
At the 1986 World Rowing Championships, he replaced a sick Thomas Lange at short notice when he was only 18; he won a bronze medal at that occasion. Hajek was the youngest East German team member that year.[2] During his career Hajek became a two-time Olympic champion[1] and five-time world champion.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andreas Hajek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Jüngste in den Booten machten ihre Sache gut" [Youngest in the boats did a good job]. Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 41, no. 202. 27 August 1986. p. 7. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "Andreas Hajek". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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Olympic champions – Men's quadruple sculls
- 1976: Güldenpfennig, Reiche, Bußert, Wolfgramm (GDR)
- 1980: Dundr, Bunk, Heppner, Winter (GDR)
- 1984: Hedderich, Hörmann, Wiedenmann, Dürsch (FRG)
- 1988: Abbagnale, Tizzano, Farina, Poli (ITA)
- 1992: Hajek, Steinbach, Volkert, Willms (GER)
- 1996: Hajek, Volkert, Steiner, Willms (GER)
- 2000: Abbagnale, Sartori, Galtarossa, Simone Raineri (ITA)
- 2004: Spinyov, Kravtsov, Svirin, Fedorovtsev (RUS)
- 2008: Wasielewski, Kolbowicz, Jeliński, Korol (POL)
- 2012: Schulze, Wende, Schoof, Grohmann (GER)
- 2016: Wende, Schoof, Schulze, Gruhne (GER)
- 2020: Uittenbogaard, Wiersma, Wieten, Metsemakers (NED)
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