Harro Bode

Harro Bode
Personal information
Born20 February 1951 (1951-02-20) (age 75)
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sailing career
SportSailing
ClubSegel-Club Sorpesee Iserlohn
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  West Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1976 Montreal470 class

Harro Bode (born 20 February 1951, in Sobernheim) is a German sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 Class with Frank Hübner at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Bode studied civil engineering and later became CEO of Ruhrverband [de], a large water utility in the west of Germany. He was appointed honorary professor at the University of Hanover and published many papers about water science and water politics.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harro Bode". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.