Egbert Hirschfelder

Egbert Hirschfelder, who lived from 13 July 1942 to 31 May 2022, was a German rower who won Olympic gold in two different boat classes. In 1963 and 1964 he won a European title and an Olympic gold medal in the coxed four, the boat in which four rowers are steered by a coxswain. He then moved to the eight, the largest boat in rowing, and won another European title in 1967 and an Olympic gold medal in 1968. His record is a clear example of an oarsman who carried his success from one crew size to another and stayed at the top of the sport for most of a decade.