Harro BODE

Harro Bode sailed with Frank Hübner at the 1976 Montréal Olympics in the Olympic Yachting Center at Kingston, Ontario, in the West German two-person dinghy (470) and won the gold medal. Therefore, they were awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award. One year earlier they won the bronze medal at the European Championships. From 1976-79 Bode was the athlete’s spokesman within the German Sailing Federation.

Bode studied construction engineering and became one of most distinguished experts in water management in Germany. In 1999, he was named professor at the University of Hannover. From 2004-16 he was chairman of the board of the Ruhrverband for the water industry in the Ruhr river basin.