Walter Schröder
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| Born | 29 December 1932 Utecht, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 October 2022 (aged 89) Glinde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walter Schröder (29 December 1932 – 18 October 2022)[1][2] was a German rower who competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1960 Summer Olympics. In 1960, he was a crew member of the West German boat which won the gold medal in the eights event. In 1959 they had won already the European Championships. After his career as rower he finished his physical education studies, researched and published extensively mainly on rowing and motor learning. He was hired by the University of Hamburg, where he moved up from rowing instructor to Associate Professor for movement studies. Into his section of the department he brought other former athletes, e.g. Arnd Krüger.
References
[edit]- ^ Walter Schröder
- ^ Nachruf auf Prof. Walter Schröder (in German)
External links
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Walter Schröder". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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- Olympic gold medalists for the United Team of Germany
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