Jochen Meißner

Jochen Meißner

File:Jochen Meißner 1965.jpg Meißner in 1965
Personal information
Born	(1943-05-08) 8 May 1943 Stuttgart, Germany
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	MRV Amicitia, Mannheim
Medal record Representing West Germany Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Single sculls World Rowing Championships Bronze medal – third place 1966 Bled Single sculls European Rowing Championships Gold medal – first place 1965 Duisburg Single sculls Bronze medal – third place 1969 Klagenfurt Single sculls

Jochen Meißner (born 8 May 1943) was a leading single scull rower of West Germany between 1965 and 1972, who competed in the Olympic Games.

Biography

In the singled sculls event, he won national titles in 1965–1968 and a European title in 1965; a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics, as well as bronze medals at the world (1966) and European (1969) championships. At the 1967 European Rowing Championships in Vichy, he came fourth in the single sculls. He also competed in the double sculls at the 1972 Summer Olympics, together with Arthur Heyne, and finished in tenth place.

In 1970, Meißner won the Diamond Challenge Sculls (the premier singles sculls event) at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for Mannheimer RV Amicitia.

External links

• Jochen Meißner at World Rowing