Eric Johannesen (born 16 July 1988) is a German former representative

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

. He is a dual Olympian, an Olympic gold medallist and was a 2011 world champion. He was in the crew that won the gold medal in the men's eight competition at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

in Rio de Janeiro, he rowed in the German men's eight which won the silver medal.

Personal

Johannesen was born in

Oberhausen Oberhausen (, ) is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen ( ). The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Rout ...

, West Germany. His club rowing was from the Bergedorf Rowing Club till 2017 and then the Favorite Hammonia Rowing Club. His younger brother Torben Johannesen is also an Olympic and world champion rower. Johannesen along with the other eight 2016 Olympic silver medal rowers was awarded the

Silbernes Lorbeerblatt Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (, ), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and Paralympic Games ...

(Silver Laurel Leaf), Germany's highest sports award, for the achievement. It was Reinelt's second such award having been similarly recognised for his 2012 Olympic gold.

International rowing career

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* * * * 1988 births Living people Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics German male rowers Olympic silver medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany European Rowing Championships medalists Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf Sportspeople from Oberhausen Rowers from Düsseldorf (region) 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-rowing-bio-stub