Thomas AHRENS

Coxswain Thomas Ahrens was a member of the eights at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics that won the silver medal. The boat from Ratzeburger RC was the so-called Deutschland-Achter (Germany Eight), which won the 1962 World Championships and the 1963-65 European Championships. Ahrens also won West German Championships in the eights from 1962-65. In 1963, Ahrens was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, the highest sports award in West Germany.