Horst Arndt (19 September 1934 – 18 October 2014) was a West German rower who competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Horst Arndt
Personal information
Born19 September 1934
Königsberg, Germany
Died18 October 2014(2014-10-18) (aged 80)
Taunusstein, Germany
Sport
SportRowing
ClubRG Wiesbaden-Biebrich 1888
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Coxed pair
Representing  West Germany
European Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1956 Bled Coxed pair
Gold medal – first place 1957 Duisburg Coxed pair

Arndt was born in Königsberg in 1934, which was then part of Prussia and is now located in Russia and known as Kaliningrad.[1] He was a lifelong member of the RG Wiesbaden-Biebrich 1888, a rowing club in Wiesbaden.[2] At the 1956 European Rowing Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia, he won a gold medal in the coxed pair with fellow rower Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck and Rainer Borkowsky as cox.[3] The same team went to the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where they won the silver medal in this boat class.[1] At the 1957 European Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany, they again won a gold medal.[3]

Arndt died in 2014 in Taunusstein, Germany.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Horst Arndt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b Kaiser, Désirée (22 October 2014). "Olympischer Silbermedaillengewinner Horst Arndt verstorben" (in German). Deutscher Ruderverband. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 4 March 2018.