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'''Siegfried Brietzke''' (born June 12, 1952) is a [[Germany|German]] [[rowing (sport)|rower]] who competed for [[East Germany]] in the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], in the [[1976 Summer Olympics]], and in the [[1980 Summer Olympics]].
'''Siegfried Brietzke''' (born 12 June 1952) is a German [[rowing (sport)|rower]]. He competed for [[East Germany]], first in [[coxless pair]]s, together with [[Wolfgang Mager]], and then in [[coxless four]]s. In these events he won Olympic gold medals in 1972, 1976 and 1980, as well as four world championships in 1974–1979.


==Rowing career==
He was born in [[Rostock]].
Brietzke responded to a television programme screened at Christmas 1967 where tall boys were sought as rowers, and he joined [[SC DHfK Leipzig]] in response.<ref name="FISA profile">{{cite web |title= Siegfried Brietzke |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/1403/results/ |publisher=[[International Rowing Federation]] |access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="Munzinger profile">{{cite web|title=Siegfried Brietzke|url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Siegfried+Brietzke/1/50206.html|publisher=[[Munzinger-Archiv]]|access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref> After training for just three years, he won a gold medal with [[Wolfgang Mager]] and cox Werner Lehmann at the 1970 [[World Rowing Junior Championships]] in [[Ioannina]] in the coxed pair.<ref>{{cite web |title= (JM2+) Junior Men's Coxed Pair – Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1970-world-junior-championships/junior-mens-coxed-pair/final/ |publisher=[[International Rowing Federation]] |access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref> At the 1971 East German national championships, he came second in the coxless four.<ref name="M4- GDR">{{cite web | first=Wilfried | last=Hoffmann |title=DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Vierer-ohne – Männer (Plätze 1–3) | url= http://www.rrk-online.de/rudern/chronrudern/ddrmeist/ddr-m-vo.htm | publisher= [[Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08]] |access-date=18 February 2018 | language=de}}</ref>


At the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], Brietzke and his partner Mager won the gold medal in the [[Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair|coxless pair event]].<ref name="SR profile" /> Mager and Brietzke won the East German national championship in the coxless pair in 1973,<ref>{{cite web | first=Wilfried | last=Hoffmann |title=DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Zweier-ohne – Männer (Plätze 1–3) | url= http://www.rrk-online.de/rudern/chronrudern/ddrmeist/ddr-m-zo.htm | publisher= [[Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08]] |access-date=18 February 2018 | language=de}}</ref> but a few weeks later at the [[1973 European Rowing Championships]] in [[Moscow]] they came fourth only in this boat class.<ref>{{cite web |title= (M2-) Men's Pair – Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1973-european-championships/mens-pair/final/ |publisher=[[International Rowing Federation]] |access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref>
In 1972 he and his partner [[Wolfgang Mager]] won the gold medal in the coxless pairs event.


At the 1974 East German national championships, Brietzke, Mager, [[Stefan Semmler]], and [[Andreas Decker]] became champions in two boat classes: in the coxless four,<ref name="M4- GDR" /> and in the coxed four assisted by coxswain Matthias Sommer.<ref>{{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]] |access-date=18 February 2018 | language=de}}</ref> They went to the [[1974 World Rowing Championships]] in [[Lucerne]] as a coxless four and won gold.<ref name="SK WC Four coxless – Men">{{cite web | first = Karlheinz | last = Heckert |url=http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/r/rudern/hst/82.html |title=Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. Vierer ohne Steuermann |trans-title=Rowing – World Championships. Coxless four |language=de |website=Sport-Komplett.de}}</ref> Brietzke, Mager, Semmler, and Decker won the national coxless four event every year until 1979.<ref name="M4- GDR" /> The four won the [[1975 World Rowing Championships]] in [[Nottingham]],<ref>{{cite web |title= (M4-) Men's Four – Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1975-world-championships/mens-four/final/ |publisher=[[International Rowing Federation]] |access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref> the [[Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]],<ref>{{cite web |title= (M4-) Men's Four – Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1976-olympic-games/mens-four/final/ |publisher=[[International Rowing Federation]] |access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref> the [[1977 World Rowing Championships]] in [[Amsterdam]],<ref>{{cite web |title= (M4-) Men's Four – Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1977-world-championships/mens-four/final/ |publisher=[[International Rowing Federation]] |access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref> but were beaten to second place by the team from the Soviet Union at the [[1978 World Rowing Championships]] in [[Cambridge, New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web |title= (M4-) Men's Four – Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/mens-four/final/ |publisher=[[International Rowing Federation]] |access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref> They won gold again at the [[1979 World Rowing Championships]] in [[Bled]],<ref>{{cite web |title= (M4-) Men's Four – Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1979-world-championships/mens-four/final/ |publisher=[[International Rowing Federation]] |access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref> and won a further Olympic [[Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|gold in 1980]] in [[Moscow]], but with [[Jürgen Thiele]] having replaced Wolfgang Mager.<ref>{{cite web |title= (M4-) Men's Four – Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1980-olympic-games/mens-four/final/ |publisher=[[International Rowing Federation]] |access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref> After the Moscow Olympics, Brietzke was the only sports person that year to be awarded the [[Patriotic Order of Merit]] in gold with honour clasp, the highest sports award of the GDR.<ref>{{cite news | title=Hohe Auszeichnungen verliehen |url= http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP26120215-19800822-0-4-27-0 |access-date=18 February 2018 |work=[[Berliner Zeitung]] |volume=36 |issue=198 |date=22 August 1980 |page=4 | language=de |url-access=registration }}</ref>
Four years later he won his second gold medal as crew member of the East German boat in the coxless fours competition.


==Post-rowing life==
At the 1980 Games he won his third gold medal when he was part of the East German boat in the coxless fours event.
Brietzke is married and has a son, born in 1974.<ref name="Munzinger profile" />

In 2013, it was revealed that Brietzke was a member of the [[Stasi]], the state security service of the German Democratic Republic. Under the codename "Charlie", his role was to control other athletes and report those with "deviant thinking".<ref>{{cite news |title=Perfektes Dopen mit der Stasi |url= https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/meldung100924.html |access-date=18 February 2018 |work=[[Tagesschau (German TV series)|Tagesschau]] | trans-title=Perfect doping with the Stasi |date=3 August 2013 |language=de}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/siegfried-brietzke-1.html}}
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{{Olympic champions – Men's coxless pair}}
==External links==
{{Olympic champions – Men's coxless four}}
* {{FISA|name=Siegfried BRIETZKE}}<!--uses Wikidata property P2091 to create link-->
{{World champions – Men's coxless four}}


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Latest revision as of 22:34, 28 May 2024

Siegfried Brietzke
Brietzke in 1974
Personal information
Born (1952-06-12) 12 June 1952 (age 72)
Rostock, East Germany[1]
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubSC DHfK Leipzig
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Coxless four
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1974 Lucerne Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 1975 Nottingham Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 1977 Amsterdam Coxless four
Silver medal – second place 1978 Cambridge Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 1979 Bled Coxless four
World Rowing Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1970 Ioannina Coxed pair

Siegfried Brietzke (born 12 June 1952) is a German rower. He competed for East Germany, first in coxless pairs, together with Wolfgang Mager, and then in coxless fours. In these events he won Olympic gold medals in 1972, 1976 and 1980, as well as four world championships in 1974–1979.

Rowing career[edit]

Brietzke responded to a television programme screened at Christmas 1967 where tall boys were sought as rowers, and he joined SC DHfK Leipzig in response.[2][3] After training for just three years, he won a gold medal with Wolfgang Mager and cox Werner Lehmann at the 1970 World Rowing Junior Championships in Ioannina in the coxed pair.[4] At the 1971 East German national championships, he came second in the coxless four.[5]

At the 1972 Summer Olympics, Brietzke and his partner Mager won the gold medal in the coxless pair event.[1] Mager and Brietzke won the East German national championship in the coxless pair in 1973,[6] but a few weeks later at the 1973 European Rowing Championships in Moscow they came fourth only in this boat class.[7]

At the 1974 East German national championships, Brietzke, Mager, Stefan Semmler, and Andreas Decker became champions in two boat classes: in the coxless four,[5] and in the coxed four assisted by coxswain Matthias Sommer.[8] They went to the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne as a coxless four and won gold.[9] Brietzke, Mager, Semmler, and Decker won the national coxless four event every year until 1979.[5] The four won the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham,[10] the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal,[11] the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam,[12] but were beaten to second place by the team from the Soviet Union at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Cambridge, New Zealand.[13] They won gold again at the 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled,[14] and won a further Olympic gold in 1980 in Moscow, but with Jürgen Thiele having replaced Wolfgang Mager.[15] After the Moscow Olympics, Brietzke was the only sports person that year to be awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold with honour clasp, the highest sports award of the GDR.[16]

Post-rowing life[edit]

Brietzke is married and has a son, born in 1974.[3]

In 2013, it was revealed that Brietzke was a member of the Stasi, the state security service of the German Democratic Republic. Under the codename "Charlie", his role was to control other athletes and report those with "deviant thinking".[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Siegfried Brietzke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Siegfried Brietzke". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Siegfried Brietzke". Munzinger-Archiv. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  4. ^ "(JM2+) Junior Men's Coxed Pair – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b c Hoffmann, Wilfried. "DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Vierer-ohne – Männer (Plätze 1–3)" (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. ^ Hoffmann, Wilfried. "DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Zweier-ohne – Männer (Plätze 1–3)" (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  7. ^ "(M2-) Men's Pair – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  8. ^ Hoffmann, Wilfried. "DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Vierer-mit – Männer (Plätze 1–3)" (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  9. ^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. Vierer ohne Steuermann" [Rowing – World Championships. Coxless four]. Sport-Komplett.de (in German).
  10. ^ "(M4-) Men's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  11. ^ "(M4-) Men's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  12. ^ "(M4-) Men's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  13. ^ "(M4-) Men's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  14. ^ "(M4-) Men's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  15. ^ "(M4-) Men's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  16. ^ "Hohe Auszeichnungen verliehen". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 36, no. 198. 22 August 1980. p. 4. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  17. ^ "Perfektes Dopen mit der Stasi" [Perfect doping with the Stasi]. Tagesschau (in German). 3 August 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
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