Oliver Zeidler

Oliver Zeidler
Personal information
Born (1996-07-24) 24 July 1996
Residence Schwaig
Height 203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 103 kg (227 lb)
Relatives Hans-Johann Färber (grandfather)
Sport
Sport Rowing

Oliver Zeidler (born 24 July 1996) is a German rower and former swimmer. He is the incumbent World Games champion in indoor rowing in the open men's 2000 m class.

Family

Zeidler was born in 1996.[1] He was born into a rowing family, with grandfather Hans-Johann Färber a double-Olympic medallist (gold in 1972 and bronze in 1976, both in the coxed four boat class).[2] His grandfather trains his sister Marie (born 1999) who has won medals at 2016 and 2017 World Rowing Junior Championships.[3][4] Oliver Zeidler is trained by his father, Heino Zeidler, himself a representative rower during the 1990s. The Zeidlers live in Erding.[5][6] His aunt, Judith Zeidler, is an Olympic gold and bronze medallist in rowing and his aunt is married to double-Olympian Matthias Ungemach.[7]

Swimming

Zeidler measures 2.03 metres (6 ft 8 in).[8] He started swimming at age seven.[9] At the 2015 German year championships in Berlin, he won gold in the 100 metres freestyle event for the year 1996 competition, silver for the same performance in the open category (years 1994 to 1996), and bronze in the 200 metres freestyle.[8] He ended his competitive swimming career in February 2017.[9]

Rowing

Curious about rowing, Zeidler first tried out a single scull in September 2016 at the Oberschleißheim Regatta Course where his sister trains.[10] Less than a year later, Zeidler won the open men's 2000 m class in indoor rowing at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, Poland.[5][11] The previous month, Zeidler had come third at the German under-23 championships in single scull.[3]

Zeidler's first international rowing regatta was the 2018 World Rowing Cup I in Belgrade. The heat was only his fourth race on a rowing course. In the A-final, he surprised by winning bronze in the open men's single scull, beaten by Czech incumbent world champion Ondřej Synek and the Swiss Roman Röösli.[9] At the World Rowing Cup II race, the Czech and Swiss were not at the start and Zeidler again won bronze, this time beaten by the New Zealander Robbie Manson and the German champion Tim Ole Naske.[12] At the World Rowing Cup III race, Zeidler won silver, again beaten by Manson. But more importantly, fellow German Naske came sixth in that race meaning that Zeidler is more likely to be nominated for the 2018 World Rowing Championships.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Oliver Zeidler". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Hans-Johann Färber". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 Leisgang, Sebastian (25 June 2017). "Mein Opa, der Olympiasieger" [My grandpa, the Olympic champion]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Marie-Sophie Zeidler". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Die doppelte Zeidler-Show" [The double Zeidler-show]. Münchner Merkur (in German). 6 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Heino Zeidler". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  7. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Judith Zeidler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  8. 1 2 Kalteis, Johann (3 July 2015). "Gold, Silber und Bronze für Oliver Zeidler". Münchner Merkur (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 "Zeidler's on a fast track to the top of rowing". International Rowing Federation. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Stridde, Martin (30 August 2017). "Oliver Zeidler: "Ziel ist der A-Kader"". German rowing federation. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Indoor rowing's fastest, Buryak has just gone faster". International Rowing Federation. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  12. ↑ Krzizok, Wolfgang (29 June 2018). "Oliver Zeidler wiederholt den Belgrad-Coup" [Oliver Zeidler repeats the Belgrade coup]. Münchner Merkur (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "(M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "Sanita Puspure – "It was do or die" at World Rowing Cup III". Werow. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
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