Wolfgang Plottke

Wolfgang Plottke
Personal information
Born(1948-07-31)31 July 1948
Died21 March 2024(2024-03-21) (aged 75)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  West Germany
Olympic Games
1972 Munich Coxless four
World Rowing Championships
1970 St. Catharines Coxless four
European Rowing Championships
1971 Copenhagen Coxless four

Wolfgang Plottke (31 July 1948 – 21 March 2024) was a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Plottke was born in Klein Lukow on 31 July 1948.[1] He competed at the 1970 World Rowing Championships in St. Catharines in the coxless four and won silver.[2] He competed at the 1971 European Rowing Championships and won a bronze medal with the coxless four.[3] At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he was a crew member of the West German boat that won the bronze medal in the coxless four event.[1]

Plottke died on 21 March 2024, at the age of 75.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wolfgang Plottke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. Vierer ohne Steuermann" [Rowing – World Championships. Coxless four]. Sport-Komplett.de (in German). Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Wolfgang Plottke". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Gedenkportal" [Memorial portal]. Bestattungen Suttmeyer (in German). Retrieved 1 April 2024.