Jürgen Gröbler
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Jürgen Gröbler (born July 31, 1946, Magdeburg ) is a German rowing coach, formerly the Olympic team coach of East Germany and later of Great Britain.
As rowing coach of East Germany, Gröbler produced gold medal winning crews in the Olympics from 1976 to 1988.
Gröbler moved to Britain in 1991, and coached Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent to Olympic Gold Medals in 1992 and 1996 in the pair, James Cracknell, Tim Foster, Redgrave and Pinsent to the 2000 four, and Steve Williams, Cracknell, Ed Coode and Pinsent to gold in the 2004 four.
In 2000 he won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award.
[edit] See also
Leander Club (member).
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