Rowing is a family affair for Oliver Zeidler (left): Born in Dachau, world and European champion in singles, he is trained by his father Heino, a former junior world champion. In addition to sister Marie-Sophie (U23 vice world champion), aunt Judith (Olympic champion 1988) and uncle Matthias (world champion), the clan also includes the grandfather: Hans-Johann Färber (right) was born in 1972 in the “Bullenvierer”, as the boat because of the seemingly irrepressible power of the rowing quartet was baptized by the tabloid press, Olympic champion. Namely on the regatta course in Oberschleißheim, where the preliminaries for the European Championships, which take place as part of the European Championships, begin this Thursday. “I definitely want to win a medal,” says Oliver Zeidler, 26, who competed at the Olympics last year in Tokyo high favorite had only finished seventh. Grandfather Farber, who is part of the grandson’s support staff, remembers the first attempts of the then talented swimmer Oliver as a rower: “At 15 or 16 he fell into the water after a few hits. Then he said: Grandpa, that’s not a sport to me.” In the meantime, he has obviously been taught better.
Oberschleißheim: Rower Zeidler wants gold at home – district of Munich
