Peter-Michael Kolbe, who lived from 2 August 1953 to 8 December 2023, was a German rower who specialised in the single sculls, the boat in which one rower uses two oars. In that event, between 1975 and 1988, he won five world titles and three Olympic silver medals, in 1976, 1984 and 1988. He missed the 1980 Games because West Germany boycotted them. His career is best known for his rivalry with the Finnish sculler Pertti Karppinen, which stretched across fourteen years and made the two men the dominant pair in the single sculls of their time.
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was a German rower who specialized in the single sculls
Competed In: 1976 Summer Olympics, Lead, 1976 Games
three Olympic silver medals, in 1976, 1984, and 1988
Competed In: 1984 Summer Olympics, Lead, 1984 Games
three Olympic silver medals, in 1976, 1984, and 1988
Competed In: 1988 Summer Olympics, Lead, 1988 Games
three Olympic silver medals, in 1976, 1984, and 1988
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