Jörg Landvoigt

Jörg Landvoigt

Bernd and Jörg Landvoigt in 1978
Personal information
Born	23 March 1951 (1951-03-23) (age 65) Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	SG Dynamo Potsdam
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Coxless pair 1980 Moscow Coxless pair 1972 Munich Eights World Rowing Championships 1974 Lucerne Coxless pairs 1975 Nottingham Coxless pairs 1978 Hamilton Coxless pairs 1979 Bled Coxless pairs European Rowing Championships 1973 Moscow Coxless fours

Jörg Landvoigt (born 23 March 1951) is a retired German rower

Jörg Landvoigt and his twin brother Bernd were born in Brandenburg an der Havel, then in the German Democratic Republic.^[1] Their father was a boatman: their mother worked as a secretary.^[1]

Jörg Landvoigt had his best achievements in the coxless pairs, rowing with his twin Bernd. Between 1974 and 1980 they won all but one of the 180 races in which they competed, including four world championships and two Olympics; they only lost once, to other twins, Yuri and Nikolay Pimenov. The Landvoigt brothers also won a bronze medal in the eights at the 1972 Olympics and a European title in coxless fours in 1973.^[2][3][4]

Jörg is left-handed, whereas Bernd is right-handed. After retiring from competitions Jörg worked as a rowing coach at his club SG Dynamo Potsdam and later with the junior national team. Today he works for the Regional Sports Federation of Brandenburg. In 1998, he became the honorary chairman of the Havel-Regatta-Verein von 1920. In this position, he organizes and plans regional and national rowing events in the areas of Potsdam and Brandenburg, such as the 2005 Junior World Rowing Championships in Brandenburg. His son Ike also became an Olympic rower.^[3]

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