M2+ World Rowing Championships, Nottingham 1986

One of the most breathtaking races ever. Italian rowing legends Giuseppe and Carmine Abbagnale, reigning olympic and world champions, face East Germans Olaf Foerster and Thomas Greiner (who last defeated them in the 1983 worlds together with Ulrich Diessner) and British reigning 4+ olympians Steve Redgrave and Andy Holmes, who are also competing in the coxless pairs. All of these men will take gold in Seoul two years later (although of course in different boat classes).

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• rowing
• abbagnale
• brothers
• coxed
• pair
• 2+
• redgrave

[franzr8]

thats my dad in the german boat...olaf foerster;)

[theSculler]

@franzr8 Wow, your dad is one of my idols! I had the honour of starting next to him in the masters' eights in Vienna this year, and he still looks as mean as in Seoul ;^) My best regards.

[ALLDALI]

You see the stroke of the East-German crew dying the last 150meters !

[theSculler]

Oddly enough, though, it was the bow who didn't show up at the victory ceremony.

[turnbacktime]

r.i.p Andy Holmes, you'll be dearly missed

[retlav56]

franzr8 ... your father Olaf was in 80's my idol too ... I saw him in live on Bled 1989 on world championship ...by the way I am from Slovenia... :)

I hope we could see him again on Bled in the next masters world championship :)

[rowermc]

@franzr8, is your mother the great Kerstin Förster ?

[Veslanjejezivot]

Hehe German pair died :P

[rowervhs]

Dear the Sculler,

As a huge rowing fan I like to collect past vhs of olympic and world rowing vhs. The videos that I am after are the following. 1992 olympics, 1990 worlds, 1988 olympics, 1987 worlds, 1986 worlds, 1985 worlds, 1984 olympics, 1983 worlds, 1981 worlds, 1980 olympics and the rest of the 60s & 70s. If you do have any of the above on vhs please let me know. They are about £33 made by fisa. I would buy them off for whatever price you would want me to. Please help

Best Regards Wayne