Fahrig was born in 1968 in Unkel in West Germany. He took up rowing aged 14 and over his career, he won 15 national titles. Initially rowing for WSV Bad Honnef, he later changed to RTHC Bayer Leverkusen.[1] He attended all World Rowing Championships between 1988 and 1995. He was regarded as a leader among his rowing colleagues, had a disciplined training regime, and an aim for perfection.[1]
In 2010, he obtained a doctorate in sports science, with the title of his thesis "Interaktionsproblematik im Riemenzweier der Sportart Rudern" (Problematic of the interaction of paired sweep rowers in the sport of rowing). He lived in Berlin, where he was distribution manager for medical equipment and competed in cycling. He died in 2017 from leukemia, and was survived by his wife and their two children.[1]
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^ abc"News: Nachruf auf Dr. Stephan Fahrig". rudern.de (in German). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
stephan, fahrig, november, 1968, january, 2017, german, lightweight, rower, sports, scientist, personal, informationborn, 1968, november, 1968unkeldied23, january, 2017, 2017, aged, occupationsports, scientistheight183, sportsportrowingclubrthc, bayer, leverku. Stephan Fahrig 20 November 1968 23 January 2017 was a German lightweight rower and a sports scientist Stephan FahrigPersonal informationBorn 1968 11 20 20 November 1968UnkelDied23 January 2017 2017 01 23 aged 48 OccupationSports scientistHeight183 cm 6 ft 0 in SportSportRowingClubRTHC Bayer LeverkusenMedal record Men s rowingWorld Rowing ChampionshipsRepresenting West Germany1989 Bled Lwt men s four1990 Tasmania Lwt men s fourRepresenting Germany1992 Montreal Lwt men s quad sculls1993 Racice Lwt men s pair1994 Indianapolis Lwt men s fourFahrig was born in 1968 in Unkel in West Germany He took up rowing aged 14 and over his career he won 15 national titles Initially rowing for WSV Bad Honnef he later changed to RTHC Bayer Leverkusen 1 He attended all World Rowing Championships between 1988 and 1995 He was regarded as a leader among his rowing colleagues had a disciplined training regime and an aim for perfection 1 At the 1988 World Rowing Championships in Milan he competed with the lightweight men s eight and came fourth He won a gold medal at the 1989 World Rowing Championships in Bled with the lightweight men s four He retained his world championship title with the lightweight men s four at the 1990 World Rowing Championships in Tasmania 2 After the German reunification he competed at the 1991 World Rowing Championships with the lightweight men s four in Vienna and came sixth At the 1992 World Rowing Championships in Montreal he won bronze with the lightweight men s quad scull Changing back to sweep rowing he competed at the 1993 World Rowing Championships in Racice in the lightweight men s pair and he won a bronze medal together with Herbert Vogt At the 1994 World Rowing Championships in Indianapolis he competed with the lightweight men s four and won bronze His final international competition was the 1995 World Rowing Championships where he came fourth with the lightweight men s eight 2 In 2010 he obtained a doctorate in sports science with the title of his thesis Interaktionsproblematik im Riemenzweier der Sportart Rudern Problematic of the interaction of paired sweep rowers in the sport of rowing He lived in Berlin where he was distribution manager for medical equipment and competed in cycling He died in 2017 from leukemia and was survived by his wife and their two children 1 References Edit a b c News Nachruf auf Dr Stephan Fahrig rudern de in German 31 January 2017 Retrieved 16 November 2017 a b Stephan Fahrig International Rowing Federation Retrieved 13 November 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stephan Fahrig amp oldid 951735648, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
