Armin Eichholz

German rower (born 1964)

Armin Eichholz

Personal information

Born

21 May 1964 (1964-05-21) (age 60)
Duisburg, West Germany

Height

2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)

Weight

97 kg (214 lb)

Sport

Rowing

Club

Rudernverein Blankenstein

Medal record

Representing West Germany

Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	Eight
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	Eight
World Championships
	1991 Vienna	Coxed four

Armin Eichholz (born 21 May 1964) is a power plant manager and former competition rower from West Germany.

Sports career

Eichholz won two Olympic medals in the eight event: a gold in 1988 and a bronze in 1992, and in 1991 he won a world title in the coxed fours.^[1]^[2]

Business career

Eichholz was educated as mechanical engineer. He has had a career as power plant manager, including for the Niederaussem Power Station.^[3]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Armin Eichholz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
^ "Armin Eichholz". RowingOne.com. World Rowing. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Olympiasieger, Manager, Zukunftsgestalter". deutschlandachter.de (in German). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

External links

Armin Eichholz at World Rowing
Armin Eichholz at Olympics.com
Armin Eichholz at Olympedia

Olympic champions – Men's eight

1900: Carr, DeBaecke, Exley, Geiger, Hedley, Juvenal, Lockwood, Marsh, Abell (USA)

1904: Cresser, Gleason, Schell, Flanagan, Armstrong, Lott, Dempsey, Exley, Abell (USA)

1908: Gladstone, Kelly, Johnstone, Nickalls, Burnell, Sanderson, Etherington-Smith, Bucknall, Maclagan (GBR)

1912: Burgess, Swann, Wormald, Horsfall, Gillan, Garton, Kirby, Fleming, Wells (GBR)

1920: Jacomini, Graves, Jordan, Moore, Sanborn, Johnston, Gallagher, King, Clark (USA)

1924: Carpenter, Kingsbury, Lindley, Miller, Rockefeller, Sheffield, Spock, Wilson, Stoddard (USA)

1928: Stalder, Brinck, Frederick, Thompson, Dally, Workman, Caldwell, Donlon, Blessing (USA)

1932: Salisbury, Blair, Gregg, Dunlap, Jastram, Chandler, Tower, Hall, Graham (USA)

1936: Morris, Day, Adam, White, McMillin, Hunt, Rantz, Hume, Moch (USA)

1948: I. Turner, D. Turner, Hardy, Ahlgren, Butler, Brown, Smith, Stack, Purchase (USA)

1952: Shakespeare, Fields, Dunbar, Murphy, Detweiler, Proctor, Frye, Stevens, Manring (USA)

1956: Charlton, Wight, Cooke, Beer, Esselstyn, Grimes, Wailes, Morey, Becklean (USA)

1960: Rulffs, Schröder, F. Schepke, K. Schepke, von Groddeck, Hopp, Bittner, Lenk, Padge (EUA)

1964: J. Amlong, T. Amlong, Budd, Clark, Cwiklinski, Foley, Knecht, Stowe, Zimonyi (USA)

1968: Meyer, Hottenrott, Schreyer, Hirschfelder, Henning, Siebert, Ulbricht, Ott, Tiersch (FRG)

1972: Hurt, Veldman, Joyce, Hunter, Wilson, Earl, Coker, Robertson, Dickie (NZL)

1976: Baumgart, Döhn, Klatt, Lück, Wendisch, Kostulski, Karnatz, Prudöhl, Danielowski (GDR)

1980: Krauß, Koppe, Kons, Friedrich, Doberschütz, Karnatz, Dühring, Höing, Ludwig (GDR)

1984: Horn, Crawford, J. M. Evans, Steele, Main, Ma. Evans, Neufeld, Turner, McMahon (CAN)

1988: Rabe, Schultz, Wessling, Maennig, Mellinghaus, Möllenkamp, Domian, Eichholz, Klein (FRG)

1992: Barber, Crosby, Forgeron, Marland, Paul, Porter, Rascher, Robertson, Wallace (CAN)

1996: Maasdijk, Florijn, Duyster, Bartman, Zwolle, van der Zwan, van Steenis, Simon, Rienks (NED)

2000: Lindsay, Hunt-Davis, Dennis, Attrill, Grubor, West, Scarlett, Trapmore, Douglas (GBR)

2004: Read, Allen, Ahrens, Hansen, Deakin, Beery, Hoopman, Volpenheim, Cipollone (USA)

2008: Light, Rutledge, Byrnes, Wetzel, Howard, Seiterle, Kreek, Hamilton, Price (CAN)

2012: Adamski, Kuffner, Johannesen, Reinelt, Schmidt, Müller, Mennigen, Wilke, Sauer (GER)

2016: Durant, Ransley, Hodge, Gotrel, Reed, Bennett, Langridge, Satch, Hill (GBR)
2020: Mackintosh, Bond, Murray, Brake, Williamson, Wilson, Kirkham, Macdonald, Bosworth (NZL)

See also: 1972 New Zealand eight
1984 Canadian men's eight

v t e World champions – Men's coxed four
1962: (Bernd-Jürgen Marschner, Peter Neusel, Bernhard Britting, Manfred Ross, cox Jürgen Oelke) 1966: (Hanno Melzer, Horst Bagdonat, Helmut Hänsel, Karl-Heinz Grzeschuchna, cox Klaus-Dieter Ludwig) 1970: (Peter Berger, Hans-Johann Färber, Gerhard Auer, Alois Bierl, cox Stefan Voncken) 1974: (Andreas Schulz, Rüdiger Kunze, Ullrich Dießner, Walter Dießner, cox Wolfgang Groß) 1975: (Vladimir Eshinov, Nikolay Ivanov, Aleksandr Sema, Aleksandr Klepikov, cox Aleksandr Lukyanov) 1977: (Dieter Wendisch, Walter Dießner, Gottfried Döhn, Ullrich Dießner, cox Andreas Gregor) 1978: (Ullrich Dießner, Gottfried Döhn, Walter Dießner, Dieter Wendisch, cox Andreas Gregor) 1979: (Bernd Schlufter, Walter Dießner, Jens Doberschütz, Ullrich Dießner, cox Werner Lutz) 1981: (Dietmar Schiller, Jörg Friedrich, Bernd Niesecke, Harald Jährling, cox Klaus-Dieter Ludwig) 1982: (Thomas Greiner, Hans Sennewald, Ulrich Kons, Ullrich Dießner, cox Andreas Gregor) 1983: (Conrad Robertson, Greg Johnston, Keith Trask, Les O'Connell, cox Brett Hollister) 1985: (Sigitas Kučinskas, Ivan Visotchkin, Vladimir Romanishin, Igor Zotov, cox Mikhail Sassov) 1986: (Frank Klawonn, Bernd Eichwurzel, Bernd Niesecke, Karsten Schmeling, cox Hendrik Reiher) 1987: (Frank Klawonn, Bernd Eichwurzel, Bernd Niesecke, Karsten Schmeling, cox Hendrik Reiher) 1989: (Vasile Năstase, Dimitrie Popescu, Valentin Robu, Vasile Tomoiagă, cox Marin Gheorghe) 1990: (Bernd Eichwurzel, Mario Gruessel, Detlef Kirchhoff, Stefan Schulz, cox Hendrik Reiher) 1991: (Armin Eichholz, Bahne Rabe, Matthias Ungemach, Armin Weyrauch, cox Joerg Dedering) 1993: (Dorin Alupei, Iulică Ruican, Nicolae Țaga, Viorel Talapan, cox Marin Gheorghe) 1994: (Valentin Robu, Iulică Ruican, Viorel Talapan, Florian Tudor, cox Marin Gheorghe) 1995: (Chris Ahrens, Porter Collins, Ben Holbrook, Scott Munn, cox Peter Cipollone) 1996: (Dorin Alupei, Gabriel Marin, Iulică Ruican, Viorel Talapan, cox Alexei Raducanu) 1997: (Antoine Béghin, Vincent Maliszewski, Bernard Roche, Laurent Béghin, cox Christophe Lattaignant) 1998: (Drew Ginn, Nick Green, Mike McKay, James Tomkins, cox Brett Hayman) 1999: (Tom Murray, Daniel Protz, Garrett Klugh, Jake Wetzel, cox Sean Mulligan) 2000: (Rick Dunn, Toby Garbett, Graham Smith, Steve Williams, cox Alistair Potts) 2001: (Gilles Bosquet, Vincent Gazan, Vincent Millot, Sidney Chouraqui, cox Christophe Lattaignant) 2002: (Tom Stallard, Steve Trapmore, Luka Grubor, Kieran West, cox Christian Cormack) 2003: (Brian McDonough, Matt Deakin, Jason Flickinger, Lucas McGee, cox Marcus McElhenney) 2004: (Lorenzo Carboncini, Stefano Introzzi, Edoardo Verzotti, Valerio Massimo, cox Alessandro Speranza) 2005: (Nicolas Podpovitny, Vincent Durupt, Alex Johnatan Mathis, Lionel Jacquiot, cox Nicolas Majerus) 2006: (Jan-Martin Bröer, Matthias Flach, Philipp Naruhn, Florian Eichner, cox Martin Sauer) 2007: (Matt Deakin, Dan Beery, Samuel Burns, Christopher Liwski, cox Edmund del Guercio)

World champions – Men's coxed four