Horst Arndt

Horst Arndt (19 September 1934 – 18 October 2014) was a West German rower who competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Horst Arndt
Personal information
Born19 September 1934
Königsberg, Germany
Died18 October 2014(2014-10-18) (aged 80)
Taunusstein, Germany
Sport
SportRowing
ClubRG Wiesbaden-Biebrich 1888
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
1956 MelbourneCoxed pair
Representing  West Germany
European Rowing Championships
1956 Bled Coxed pair
1957 Duisburg Coxed pair

Arndt was born in Königsberg in 1934, which was then part of Prussia and is now located in Russia and known as Kaliningrad.[1] He was a lifelong member of the RG Wiesbaden-Biebrich 1888, a rowing club in Wiesbaden.[2] At the 1956 European Rowing Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia, he won a gold medal in the coxed pair with fellow rower Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck and Rainer Borkowsky as cox.[3] The same team went to the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where they won the silver medal in this boat class.[1] At the 1957 European Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany, they again won a gold medal.[3]

Arndt died in 2014 in Taunusstein, Germany.[1][2]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Horst Arndt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  2. Kaiser, Désirée (22 October 2014). "Olympischer Silbermedaillengewinner Horst Arndt verstorben" (in German). Deutscher Ruderverband. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  3. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 4 March 2018.


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