Bernd Landvoigt

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Olympic medal record
Competitor for  East Germany
Men's Rowing
Gold	1976 Montreal	Coxless pair
Gold	1980 Moscow	Coxless pair
Bronze	1972 Munich	Eights
World Rowing Championships
Gold	Luzern 1974	Coxless pair (Rotsee)
Gold	Notingham 1975	Coxless pair (Holme Pierrepont)
Gold	Hamilton 1978	Coxless pair (Lake Karapiro)
Gold	Bled 1979	Coxless pair
European Rowing Championships
Gold	Moscow 1973	Eights
Bronze	Moscow 1973	Coxless pair

Bernd Landvoigt (* March 23, 1951 in Brandenburg an der Havel) is a former German rower. He became together with his twin brother Jörg Landvoigt twice Olympic Gold winner and in four times the world champion in rowing. His first large international success he achieved at the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972. Where it as members of the GDR eight won the Bronze Medal. At the EM he won with the boat European champion 1973. Later he formed with his twin brother Jörg one of the most successful two without all times, which achieved 179 victories in 180 sequential runnings. 1973 reached he with the European championships, however only the third place. Both with Olympic summer games in Montréal 1976 and at the [[olympic summer games in Moscow 1980.^[1] They became Olympic winners.^[2] Besides they triumphed with the world championships 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979 and became three times masters of the GDR (1974, 1978 and 1979). Apart from its career it successfully completed 1969-1977, a sport study and worked after its active time as a coach at SC Dynamo Potsdam. He is today a coach with the German rudder federation (DRV) and a multiplicity from athletes to medal winners with world championships and Olympic plays made. He competed for the SC Dynamo Potsdam/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.^[3]

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