Joachim Böhmer was a German rower in the former German Democratic Republic

German Democratic Republic

The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...

, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin

SC Dynamo Berlin

The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was a training center for the Sports Club Dynamo .-Sporting spectrum:...

/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions, winning the silver medal with Hans-Ulrich Schmied in the 1970 world championship, a gold in the 1971 European championship, and a bronze (third place) in the 1972 Olympic rowing doubles in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

. On retiring from sport Böhmer studied political science, and became a criminologist for the police in the Köpenick district of former East Berlin.