Wolfgang Groß Explained

Wolfgang Groß
Birth Date:30 March 1954
Sport:Rowing

Wolfgang Groß (born 30 March 1954) is a German coxswain. He won a gold medal at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne with the men's coxed four, with the rowers Andreas Schulz, Rüdiger Kunze, and twin brothers Ullrich and Walter Dießner.[1] A year later, he came second with the same team at the 1975 World Rowing Championships.[2] The coxed four rowers stayed together for the 1976 Summer Olympics, but Groß was replaced as coxswain by Johannes Thomas. That team won Olympic silver at the coxed four event.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wolfgang Gross . . 5 February 2018.
  2. Web site: (M4+) Men's Coxed Four - Final . . 5 February 2018.
  3. East Germany Rowing at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417061038/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GDR/summer/1976/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 5 February 2018 .