Uwe Heppner
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Born | Merseburg, East Germany | 26 June 1962|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SV Halle, Halle an der Saale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Uwe Heppner (born 18 July 1960) is a retired German rower. He competed for East Germany at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the quadruple sculls in 1980. He finished fifth in the double sculls in 1988.[1] Between 1979 and 1987 he won four gold and three bronze medals in these two events at the world championships and finished fourth in 1989.[2] In October 1986, he was awarded a Patriotic Order of Merit in gold (first class) for his sporting success.[3]
References
- ^ Uwe Heppner. sports-reference.com
- ^ Uwe Heppner at World Rowing
- ^ "Hohe staatliche Auszeichnungen verliehen" [Awarded high state awards]. Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 42, no. 243. 15 October 1986. p. 6. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
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