He was born in Rostock. In 1980 he and his partner Joachim Dreifke won the gold medal in the double sculls competition.
External links
Klaus Kröppelien. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022926/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/klaus-kroppelien-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 .
