Matthias Ungemach
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Matthias Ungemach is a German rower (6'6"; 100 kg), double World Champion and Olympian.
Ungemach, Armin Weyrauch, Armin Eichholz
, Bahne Rabe
and Jorg Dederding won the 1991 World Championship in the cox
ed four in world record time (5:58,96), which is still unbeaten. He won another world title with the German eight in 1990 in Tasmania
(Australia
). Ungemach rowed in the final of the coxless four in 1992 Barcelona
Spain
and became fourth in a heartbeat final. Other highlights were the win of the Royal Henley Regatta, Good Will Games Seattle, Head of the Charles Boston and 12 German Championships in all boat classes.
With his pair partner Colin von Ettingshausen
he represented Germany on various world titles and in the Atlanta Olympics 1996 in the coxless pair. Matthias Ungemach retired from professional rowing afterwards.
Ungemach lives with his family on the Northern Beaches in Sydney
Australia and is married to Judith Ungemach (née: Judith Zeidler
) who won Olympic
Gold in the women's eight in Seoul
(1988) and Bronze in Barcelona (1992).
Ungemach, Armin Weyrauch, Armin Eichholz
Armin Eichholz
Armin Eichholz is a competition rower and Olympic champion for West Germany.Eichholz won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, as a member of the rowing team from West Germany. He received a bronze medal in 1992. He was part of a rowing team that set a world record in...
, Bahne Rabe
Bahne Rabe
Bahne Rabe was a competition rower and Olympic champion for West Germany....
and Jorg Dederding won the 1991 World Championship in the cox
Cox
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ed four in world record time (5:58,96), which is still unbeaten. He won another world title with the German eight in 1990 in Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
(Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
). Ungemach rowed in the final of the coxless four in 1992 Barcelona
Barcelona
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Spain
Spain
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and became fourth in a heartbeat final. Other highlights were the win of the Royal Henley Regatta, Good Will Games Seattle, Head of the Charles Boston and 12 German Championships in all boat classes.
With his pair partner Colin von Ettingshausen
Colin von Ettingshausen
Colin von Ettingshausen is a German rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
he represented Germany on various world titles and in the Atlanta Olympics 1996 in the coxless pair. Matthias Ungemach retired from professional rowing afterwards.
Ungemach lives with his family on the Northern Beaches in Sydney
Sydney
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Australia and is married to Judith Ungemach (née: Judith Zeidler
Judith Zeidler
Judith Ungemach née Zeidler is a German world champion rower and Olympic gold and bronze medalist.-Early life and education:Zeidler was born in Beeskow, Brandenburg in 1968...
) who won Olympic
Olympic Games
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Gold in the women's eight in Seoul
Seoul
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(1988) and Bronze in Barcelona (1992).