Uwe Heppner
East German rower
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Born | (1962-06-26) 26 June 1962 (age 62) Merseburg, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SV Halle, Halle an der Saale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Uwe Heppner (born 18 July 1960) is a retired German rower. He competed for East Germany at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the quadruple sculls in 1980. He finished fifth in the double sculls in 1988.[1] Between 1979 and 1987 he won four gold and three bronze medals in these two events at the world championships and finished fourth in 1989.[2] In October 1986, he was awarded a Patriotic Order of Merit in gold (first class) for his sporting success.[3]
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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)
- 2024: Van Lierop, Florijn, Wieten, Metsemakers (NED)
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