Matthias Schumann
Sport
SportRowing
ClubSC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  East Germany
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1978 Cambridge Eight

Matthias Schumann is a rower who competed for East Germany. He was world champion in the eight event in 1978.[1]

In 1977, Schumann came third in the GDR national championships in a team made of rowers from SC Dynamo Berlin.[2] Schumann won the national title in the eight in 1978.[3] A composite team made up from the champion and vice-champion was sent to the 1978 World Rowing Championships on Lake Karapiro, New Zealand, where the team defended their title.[1]

At the 1979 national championships, Schumann came third in the eight in a team made solely from his club. The team had the same result at the 1980 championships.[3] Also in 1980, Schumann started with Heiko Schulz in the coxless pair and they took out the national championship title; however, the Olympic rowing team did not participate in the national championships that year. In 1981, Schumann and Schulz managed to defend their national title.[4] They came fourth at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in coxless pair.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Matthias Schumann". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  2. ^ Hoffmann, Wilfried. "DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Vierer-ohne – Männer (Plätze 1–3)" [DDR rowing championships: Eight – men (places 1–3)] (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b Hoffmann, Wilfried. "DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Achter – Männer (Plätze 1–3)" [DDR rowing championships: Eight – men (places 1–3)] (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  4. ^ Hoffmann, Wilfried. "DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Vierer-ohne – Männer (Plätze 1–3)" [DDR rowing championships: Zweier-ohne – men (places 1–3)] (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Resultate" [Results]. Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 36, no. 212. 7 September 1981. p. 8. Retrieved 3 October 2018.(registration required)


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