Frank Schepke (5 April 1935 – 4 April 2017) was a German rower who competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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| Born | 5 April 1935 Königsberg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 April 2017 (aged 81) Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Kraft Schepke (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ATV Ditmarsia Kiel[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He was born in Königsberg, Germany, in 1935. Kraft Schepke (1934–2023) was his brother.[1]
At the 1959 European Rowing Championships in Mâcon, he won a gold medal with the eight.[2] At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he was a crew member of the German eight that won gold.[1] At the 1961 European Rowing Championships in Prague, he won a gold medal with the coxed four.[3] He was twice—in 1959 and in 1960—awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest West German sports award.[1][4]
Both he and his brother retired after the 1961 rowing season from competitive rowing.[1] In the same year, he finished his PhD at the University of Kiel in agricultural sciences.[4] He worked as a consultant for farmers, and later in life founded an industrial cleaning company. Aged 55, he fulfilled his lifelong dream of owning his own farm, and he produced biologically grown produce.[4]
He stood in the 1965 West German federal election in the Stormarn – Herzogtum Lauenburg electorate for the National Democratic Party of Germany, a far-right and ultranationalist party founded the previous year. He left the party in 1969. At the 2009 and 2013 German federal elections, he stood as an independent in the Plön – Neumünster electorate.[4] Schepke was the initiator in 2004 behind a regional currency KannWas for Schleswig-Holstein.[5]
Schepke died on 4 April 2017 in Kiel.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Schepke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Frank Schepke: Der Olympiasieger erfüllte sich den Traum vom Biohof". Holsteinischer Courier (in German). 26 April 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Einladung zur 2. Gesell-Tagung am 10. Oktober 2015 in Kiel" (PDF) (in German). Verein Regionalgeld Schleswig-Holstein e.V. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Dr. Frank Schepke". Lübecker Nachrichten. Retrieved 29 December 2017.