Wire flash
SportsSC Berlin-Grünau sailing club marks 50th anniversary of Olympic gold
Editorial responsibility
- No named human review is recorded for this page.
- Source reporting is collected, normalized, translated or condensed automatically when needed.
- Automatically published source-backed update
The Yacht Club Berlin-Grünau (formerly the sailing division of SC Berlin-Grünau) held a summer festival on Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its first Olympic medals, won at the 1976 Montreal Games. In 1976, Jochen Schümann, then 22, won gold in the Finn Dinghy, while Dieter Below, Michael Zachries, and Olaf Engelhardt took bronze in the Soling class. The club provided all athletes, coaches, and support staff for GDR sailors that year. Over 100 members and guests attended the event at the club grounds on Müggelseedamm, which have been in use since 1902. Three-time Olympic champion Schümann traveled from Bavaria to attend, praising the club's unsung support staff. To date, the club has earned 5 Olympic and 3 Paralympic medals, and since 1956, its sailors have stood on podiums 227 times at World Championships, European Championships, and the Olympics.
Source report
Berlin's biggest Olympic party took place on the Spree in Friedrichshagen. The local Yacht Club Berlin-Grünau (until 1995 the sailing division of SC Berlin-Grünau) celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first Olympic medals on Saturday.
In 1976 at the Olympic Games in Montreal, the then 22-year-old Jochen Schümann (72) won gold in the Finn Dinghy (single-handed sailboat). Additionally, Dieter Below (84), Michael Zachries (77/deceased 2021), and Olaf Engelhardt (75) won bronze in the Soling. In 1976, the club provided all the athletes, coaches, and support staff for the GDR sailors.
Schümann Travels from Bavaria
Over 100 club members and guests celebrated with a summer festival at the club grounds on Müggelseedamm, which have been in use since 1902. To this day, the club can boast:
- 5 Olympic medals
- 3 Paralympic medals
Since 1956, Grünau sailors have stood on the podium at World Championships, European Championships, and the Olympics 227 times.
Three-time Olympic champion Schümann also traveled from Bavaria to his home in Köpenick for the party. Schümann said: "What is special to me about the club is that, alongside all the winners, medalists, and successful coaches, there were also people who worked just as hard in the workshop, physiotherapy, kitchen, or as training partners."
Source
BILD - SportWestern
Part of this Story
SC Berlin-Grünau Sailing Club Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Olympic Gold