# Hartmut Wenzel > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hartmut_Wenzel > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hartmut_Wenzel.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmut_Wenzel > Source revision: 1280274049 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|German coxswain (1947–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Hartmut Wenzel | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|2|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [Berlin](/source/Berlin) | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|8|24|1947|2|23|df=y}} | death_place = Essen | residence = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | spouse = | height = 167 cm | weight = 54 kg | sport = Rowing | club = TSC Berlin
RK Am Baldeneysee Essen | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [rowing](/source/Rowing_(sport)) }} {{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [World Rowing Championships](/source/World_Rowing_Championships) }} {{MedalBronze | [1966 Bled](/source/1966_World_Rowing_Championships) | Eight }} {{MedalCompetition | [European Rowing Championships](/source/European_Rowing_Championships) }} {{MedalSilver | [1969 Klagenfurt](/source/1969_European_Rowing_Championships) | Coxed four}} {{MedalCountry | {{FRG}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [Olympic Games](/source/Rowing_at_the_Summer_Olympics) }} {{MedalBronze| [1976 Montreal](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics)|[Coxed four](/source/Rowing_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_coxed_four)}} {{MedalCompetition | [World Rowing Championships](/source/World_Rowing_Championships) }} {{MedalBronze | [1975 Nottingham](/source/1975_World_Rowing_Championships) | Coxed four}} {{MedalBronze | [1977 Amsterdam](/source/1977_World_Rowing_Championships) | Eight }} {{MedalSilver | [1978 Cambridge](/source/1978_World_Rowing_Championships) | Eight }} }} '''Hartmut Wenzel''' (23 February 1947 – 24 August 2020) was a German [coxswain](/source/Coxswain_(rowing)). He [defected](/source/Defection) from [East Germany](/source/East_Germany) during his rowing career in 1971, later winning Olympic bronze for [West Germany](/source/West_Germany). Wenzel was born in 1947 in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). He was a rowing cox for TSC Berlin and in 1966, he won his first national title coxing the eight.{{cite web | first=Wilfried | last=Hoffmann |title=DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Achter – Männer (Plätze 1–3) | url= http://www.rrk-online.de/rudern/chronrudern/ddrmeist/ddr-m-acht.htm | publisher= [Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08](/source/R%C3%BCsselsheimer_Ruder-Klub_08) |accessdate=10 February 2018 | language=de}} He then went to the [1966 World Rowing Championships](/source/1966_World_Rowing_Championships) in [Bled](/source/Bled) with the eight where they won a bronze medal.{{cite web | first=Wilfried | last=Hoffmann |title= Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften seit 1962: Deutsche Medaillenerfolge – Gold, Silber und Bronze | url= http://www.rrk-online.de/rudern/chronrudern/emwmolyrud/wmrud.htm | publisher= [Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08](/source/R%C3%BCsselsheimer_Ruder-Klub_08) |accessdate=10 February 2018 | language=de}} For their success at the World Championships, team members were awarded the title and medal [Honoured Master of Sports](/source/Honoured_Master_of_Sports).{{cite news |title=Leistungen gewürdigt |url= http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP26120215-19661213-0-7-106-0 |accessdate=10 February 2018 |work=[Berliner Zeitung](/source/Berliner_Zeitung) |volume=22 |issue=342 |date=13 December 1966 |page=7 | language=de |url-access=registration }} After a break from the sport, he came second at the East German national championships in 1969 with the eight from TSC Berlin, beaten for first place by ASK Vorwärts Rostock. From this team, a coxed four was formed for the [1969 European Rowing Championships](/source/1969_European_Rowing_Championships) in [Klagenfurt](/source/Klagenfurt), and they won the silver medal behind West Germany.{{cite web |last1=Heckert |first1=Karlheinz |title=Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.) |url= http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/r/rudern/hst/68.html |publisher=Sport Komplett |accessdate=10 February 2018| language=de}} The same team came second at the 1970 East German national championships, beaten by rowers from ASK Vorwärts Rostock.{{cite web | first=Wilfried | last=Hoffmann |title=DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Vierer-mit – Männer (Plätze 1–3) | url= http://www.rrk-online.de/rudern/chronrudern/ddrmeist/ddr-m-vm.htm | publisher= [Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08](/source/R%C3%BCsselsheimer_Ruder-Klub_08) |accessdate=10 February 2018 | language=de}} In 1971, Wenzel defected and joined RK Am Baldeneysee [Essen](/source/Essen). In 1971, his first season at the new club, he became national champion with the coxed four.{{cite web | first=Wilfried | last=Hoffmann |title=Deutsches Meisterschaftsrudern (DMR): Vierer mit Steuermann – Männer (Plätze 1–3) | url= http://www.rrk-online.de/rudern/chronrudern/deumeiru/dm-m-vm.htm | publisher= [Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08](/source/R%C3%BCsselsheimer_Ruder-Klub_08) |accessdate=10 February 2018 | language=de}} For the 1972 rowing season, he changed to the eight and the team won silver at the national championships. In 1973, the rowing eight from Essen became German champion.{{cite web | first=Wilfried | last=Hoffmann |title=Deutsches Meisterschaftsrudern (DMR): Achter – Männer (Plätze 1–3) | url= http://www.rrk-online.de/rudern/chronrudern/deumeiru/dm-m-achter.htm | publisher= [Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08](/source/R%C3%BCsselsheimer_Ruder-Klub_08) |accessdate=10 February 2018 | language=de}} In 1974, he was back coxing the four for Essen, and they became German champion. For the [1975 World Rowing Championships](/source/1975_World_Rowing_Championships) in [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham), he was the cox for four rowers from different clubs, and this team won a bronze medal after the Soviet Union and East Germany.{{cite web | url = http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1975-world-championships/mens-coxed-four/ | title = 1975 World Rowing Championships: (M4+) Men's Coxed Four – Final | website = WorldRowing.com | publisher = [FISA](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_des_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9s_d'Aviron) | accessdate = 10 February 2018}} Most of Wenzel's team members changed for the 1976 season, but the new composition once again won the national championships. He also coxed an eight at the national championships, and that boat came second. West Germany qualified a coxed four for the [1976 Summer Olympics](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics) in [Montreal](/source/Montreal) and further changes to the rowing team composition were made. That team won the bronze medal in the [coxed four event](/source/Rowing_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_coxed_four).{{Cite sports-reference |title = Hartmut Wenze |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/hartmut-wenzel-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122747/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/hartmut-wenzel-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 10 February 2018 }} At the [1977 World Rowing Championships](/source/1977_World_Rowing_Championships) in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam), Wenzel coxed the eight that won the bronze medal.{{cite web | url = http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1977-world-championships/mens-eight/ | title = 1977 World Rowing Championships: (M8+) Men's Eight – Final | website = WorldRowing.com | publisher = [FISA](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_des_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9s_d'Aviron) | accessdate = 10 February 2018}} In 1978, he coxed an eight that came second at the national championships. The exact same team won the silver medal, behind East Germany, at the [1978 World Rowing Championships](/source/1978_World_Rowing_Championships) in [Cambridge, New Zealand](/source/Cambridge%2C_New_Zealand).{{cite web | url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/mens-eight/ | title=(M8+) Men's Eight – Final | publisher=[International Rowing Federation](/source/International_Rowing_Federation) | accessdate= 10 February 2018}} He finished his international career with his appearance in New Zealand. At the national championships in 1979, Wenzel came second with the coxed four, and third with the eight. The same eight went to the [1979 World Rowing Championships](/source/1979_World_Rowing_Championships) in Bled where they came ninth.{{cite web |title=(M8+) Men's Eight – Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1979-world-championships/mens-eight/ |publisher=[International Rowing Federation](/source/International_Rowing_Federation) |accessdate=10 February 2018}} He had been ill for several years before he died on 24 August 2020.{{cite web |last1=Sauer |first1=Volker |last2=Riethmüller |first2=Peter |last3=Weinreich |first3=Manfred |last4=Göbe |first4=Wilfried |title=Trauer um Hartmut Wenzel (23.02.1947 – 24.08.2020) |url= https://ruderklub-am-baldeneysee.de/de/news/artikel/trauer-um-hartmut-wenzel-23021947-24082020/ |language=de |trans-title=Mourning for Hartmut Wenzel (23 February 1947 - 24 August 2020) |publisher=Ruderklub am Baldeneysee |accessdate=8 October 2020}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wenzel, Hartmut}} Category:1947 births Category:2020 deaths Category:Defecting sportspeople from East Germany Category:German coxswains (rowing) Category:Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic rowers for West Germany Category:Olympic medalists in rowing Category:East German male rowers Category:West German male rowers Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for West Germany Category:Rowers from Berlin Category:Rowers from Essen Category:European Rowing Championships medalists Category:East German emigrants to West Germany --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hartmut Wenzel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmut_Wenzel) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmut_Wenzel?action=history)). 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