Michael Zachries (29 October 1943 – 28 July 2021) was a German

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the ...

. He won a bronze medal in the ''

Soling Class The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing " International class" status. The class was used from the 1972 Olympics (Kiel) until the 2000 Olympics (Sydney) as " Open Three Person Keelboat". Besides the Olympic career of the So ...

'' with Dieter Below and Olaf Engelhardt at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

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, Quebec, Canada.

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1943 births 2021 deaths Sportspeople from Zwickau German male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Soling Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Soling class sailors {{Germany-yachtracing-bio-stub