Achim Hill
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| Born | 1 April 1935 Köpenick, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 August 2015 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Achim Hill (1 April 1935 – 4 August 2015) was a German rower who competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics and for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]Hill born in Köpenick, won the silver medal in the single sculls event at the 1960 Olympic Games. Four years later he won his second silver medal in the 1964 single sculls competition. At the 1968 Games he represented East Germany and finished fifth in the single sculls contest.
He competed at the inaugural 1962 World Rowing Championships. The Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA) did not recognise East Germany, and so only one German crew was permitted per event. Selection trials between East and West German crews were held the day before the championships, with West German crews winning in six of the seven categories.[1] Hill was the only East German who qualified (in the single sculls), but he did not proceed beyond the heats.[2] Hill was out of form in the following year and did not even make it to the selection trials for the 1963 European Rowing Championships.[3] He won the selection trial for the 1964 European Rowing Championships and came seventh at the regatta.[4]
In 1966, Hill won the Diamond Challenge Sculls (the premier singles sculls event) at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for BSGM Baumschuleneweg.[5]
Hill married Gisela Jäger in 1973.[6] Hill studied airplane construction in West Berlin before the wall was raised,[7] he then moved to Dresden, where he graduated as an engineer at the Institute of Rail Vehicles.[8]
He died on 4 August 2015.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Guerin, Andrew; Foster, Margot. "1962 World Championships—Lucerne, Switzerland". RowingHistory-Aus.info. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014.
- ^ Adam, Karl (31 July 1970). "Rudern in Deutschland". Die Zeit (in German). No. 31. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "Vierer-Endkampf wie noch nie". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 19, no. 205. 29 July 1963. p. 4. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Bergau/Gorny Europameister im Zweier m. St. in Amsterdam". Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 19, no. 219. 10 August 1964. p. 3. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Achim Hill". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ "Achim Hill". olympedia.org. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Obituary for the death of Achim Hill". rudern.de. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ Achim Hill, German rower, Dies at 80 Archived 10 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Mention of Achim Hill's death (in German)
- Achim Hill at World Rowing
- Achim Hill at Olympics.com
- 1935 births
- 2015 deaths
- Rowers from Berlin
- East German male rowers
- People from Treptow-Köpenick
- Olympic rowers for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic rowers for East Germany
- Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- European Rowing Championships medalists