Gunther Tiersch

Gunther Tiersch (born 30 April 1954) is a meteorologist, and a former competition rower and Olympic champion for West Germany.

Gunther Tiersch

Personal information

Born

30 April 1954

Sport

Rowing

Medal record

Men's rowing

Olympic Games
Representing West Germany
	1968 Mexico City	Eight
European Rowing Championships
	1967 Vichy	Eight

Tiersch won a gold medal in the eight at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, as coxswain for the rowing team from West Germany.[1] Since 1987 he has been working as a meteorologist for German TV.

References

Profile: Gunther Tiersch sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 12 December 2008)

Olympic champions – Men's eight

1900: Carr, DeBaecke, Exley, Geiger, Hedley, Juvenal, Lockwood, Marsh, Abell (USA)

1904: Cresser, Gleason, Schell, Flanagan, Armstrong, Lott, Dempsey, Exley, Abell (USA)

1908: Gladstone, Kelly, Johnstone, Nickalls, Burnell, Sanderson, Etherington-Smith, Bucknall, Maclagan (GBR)

1912: Burgess, Swann, Wormald, Horsfall, Gillan, Garton, Kirby, Fleming, Wells (GBR)

1920: Jacomini, Graves, Jordan, Moore, Sanborn, Johnston, Gallagher, King, Clark (USA)

1924: Carpenter, Kingsbury, Lindley, Miller, Rockefeller, Sheffield, Spock, Wilson, Stoddard (USA)

1928: Stalder, Brinck, Frederick, Thompson, Dally, Workman, Caldwell, Donlon, Blessing (USA)

1932: Salisbury, Blair, Gregg, Dunlap, Jastram, Chandler, Tower, Hall, Graham (USA)

1936: Morris, Day, Adam, White, McMillin, Hunt, Rantz, Hume, Moch (USA)

1948: I. Turner, D. Turner, Hardy, Ahlgren, Butler, Brown, Smith, Stack, Purchase (USA)

1952: Shakespeare, Fields, Dunbar, Murphy, Detweiler, Proctor, Frye, Stevens, Manring (USA)

1956: Charlton, Wight, Cooke, Beer, Esselstyn, Grimes, Wailes, Morey, Becklean (USA)

1960: Rulffs, Schröder, F. Schepke, K. Schepke, von Groddeck, Hopp, Bittner, Lenk, Padge (EUA)

1964: J. Amlong, T. Amlong, Budd, Clark, Cwiklinski, Foley, Knecht, Stowe, Zimonyi (USA)

1968: Meyer, Hottenrott, Schreyer, Hirschfelder, Henning, Siebert, Ulbricht, Ott, Tiersch (FRG)

1972: Hurt, Veldman, Joyce, Hunter, Wilson, Earl, Coker, Robertson, Dickie (NZL)

1976: Baumgart, Döhn, Klatt, Lück, Wendisch, Kostulski, Karnatz, Prudöhl, Danielowski (GDR)

1980: Krauß, Koppe, Kons, Friedrich, Doberschütz, Karnatz, Dühring, Höing, Ludwig (GDR)

1984: Horn, Crawford, J. M. Evans, Steele, Main, Ma. Evans, Neufeld, Turner, McMahon (CAN)

1988: Rabe, Schultz, Wessling, Maennig, Mellinghaus, Möllenkamp, Domian, Eichholz, Klein (FRG)

1992: Barber, Crosby, Forgeron, Marland, Paul, Porter, Rascher, Robertson, Wallace (CAN)

1996: Maasdijk, Florijn, Duyster, Bartman, Zwolle, van der Zwan, van Steenis, Simon, Rienks (NED)

2000: Lindsay, Hunt-Davis, Dennis, Attrill, Grubor, West, Scarlett, Trapmore, Douglas (GBR)

2004: Read, Allen, Ahrens, Hansen, Deakin, Beery, Hoopman, Volpenheim, Cipollone (USA)

2008: Light, Rutledge, Byrnes, Wetzel, Howard, Seiterle, Kreek, Hamilton, Price (CAN)

2012: Adamski, Kuffner, Johannesen, Reinelt, Schmidt, Müller, Mennigen, Wilke, Sauer (GER)

2016: Durant, Ransley, Hodge, Gotrel, Reed, Bennett, Langridge, Satch, Hill (GBR)
2020: Mackintosh, Bond, Murray, Brake, Williamson, Wilson, Kirkham, Macdonald, Bosworth (NZL)

See also: 1972 New Zealand eight
1984 Canadian men's eight

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