Willi KAIDEL

German rower Willi Kaidel won the doubles sculls silver medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics with Joachim Pirsch. With Pirsch, he also won the German title in 1936-37. Both men became European Champions in 1937 and the following year Kaidel finished second with non-Olympian Georg von Opel. In 1937 Kaidel was also second in the single sculls at the German Championships. His son Siegfried (born 1951) became president of the German Rowing Association in 2008.