Olympic champions in rowing
Olympic champions in rowing
| Born | Harald Jährling – 20th June 1954 in Burg (died May 2023) Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich – 20th October 1953 in Packebusch Georg Spohr – 24th January 1951 in Magdeburg |
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| Discipline | Rowing |
| Former club | SC Magdeburg |
ON THE WAVE OF SUCCESS
Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich and Georg Spohr have written successful sporting histories. The rowers from SC Magdeburg have won several European and world championship titles. Together, they have won Olympic gold twice.
Harald Jährling, Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich and Georg Spohr proved over many years in various formations that Magdeburg produces successful athletes. The exceptional trio won Olympic gold twice: in 1976 in Montreal and in 1980 in Moscow. They won the Olympic Games in the coxed pair.
Their names and details of their joint Olympic successes have been displayed on a plaque on Magdeburg’s ‘Sports Walk of Fame’ since 2024. This is how the city of Magdeburg honours the outstanding achievements and sporting careers of these three exceptional athletes. On unveiling the plaque, Mayor Simone Borris said: ‘Magdeburg’s success as a sporting location today is based on the achievements of yesterday. Our top athletes have been competing at the elite level in many sports for decades. Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich and Georg Spohr were certain that Harald Jährling would also have been delighted ‘that Magdeburg is honouring their joint successes in this way’. He had died just under a year earlier. His teammates remembered ‘the unconditional desire’ that had united and driven all three of them at that time.
