Identified Athletes
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Stamp STP 2008 March 10th - OG Beijing - Vaclav Chalupa (TCH), M1X silver medal winner OG Barcelona 1992
MI 3415
YV 2577
PC PAK 1992
MI MS 3412-15 A
SC 1832
MI MS 3212-15 B
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Stamp SUI 2000 Sept. 15th OG Sydney - booklet Sporthilfe with photo of Xeno Mueller (SUI), M1X Olympic champion OG Atlanta 1996
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Stamp SVK 2010 Sept. 17th (personalized issue) with painting °Olympics rowing 03° by Miki De Goodaboom (FRA) on tab
OG London 2012 W2- gold medal winners
Helen Glover & Heather Stanning (GBR)
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Stamp TAN (ZANZIBAR) SS unauthorized & undated issue - Annie Vernon, Debbie Flood, Frances Houghton & Katherine Grainger (GBR), W4X silver medal winners at OG Beijing 2008
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Stamp TAN (ZANZIBAR) SS unauthorized & undated issue - CAN M8+ crew, gold medal winner at OG Beijing 2008
One name is missing: Andrew Byrnes (position 3)
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Stamp TAN (ZANZIBAR) SS unauthorized & undated issue - GBR M4- crew T. James, S. Williams, P. Reed & A. Triggs Hodge (stroke), gold medal winner at OG Beijing 2008
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Stamp TAN (ZANZIBAR) SS unauthorized & undated issue - GBR M4- crew, gold medal winner at OG Beijing 2008
This crew - with Alex Gregory replacing Steve Williams - repeated its gold medal win at OG London 2012 -
Stamp TAN (ZANZIBAR) SS unauthorized & undated issue - GBR M8+ crew
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Stamp TAN (ZANZIBAR) SS unauthorized & undated issue - Mahé Drysdale (NZL), M1X Olympic champion at OG London 2012 and OG Rio de Janeiro 2016
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Stamp TAN (ZANZIBAR) SS unauthorized & undated issue - Mark Hunter & Zac Purchase (GBR), LM2X gold medal winners at OG Beijing 2008
LM2X gold medal OG Beijing 2008
LM2X gold medal WRC Karapiro 2010
LM2X gold medal WRC Bled 2011
LM2X silver medal OG London 2012
Zac Purchase also won the LM1X
gold medal at WRC Eton 2006
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Stamp TAN 1992 Nov. 16th OG Barcelona - Carl Smith & Allan Whitwell (GBR), LM2X gold medal winners WRC Nottingham 1986
MI 1355
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Stamp TAN 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
P. Karppinen won the M1X gold medal at three consecutive Olympic Games (1976 Montreal, 1980 Moscow, and 1984 Los Angeles).
He became M1X world champion in 1979 (Bled) and in 1985 (Hazewinkel)
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Stamp TAN 2022 (unauthorized issue) - Peter-Michael Kolbe (GER)
P.-M. Kolbe won the M1X silver medal at OG 1976 Montreal, 1984 Los Angeles, and 1988 Seoul. He did not start at OG Moscow 1980 as Germany boycotted the Games for political reasons. He is a five time M1X world champion (1975, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1986).
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Stamp TAN 2022 (unauthorized issue) OG Tokyo 2020 - competitors from RUS (set of six)
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Stamp TCH 1965 Apr. 16th - M2X gold medal win for Dr. Pavel Schmidt & Vaclav Kozak (TCH) at OG Rome 1960
MI 1527
SC 1301
SG 1478
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Stamp TJK 2000 (unauthorized) MS OG Sydney - perforated & imperforated - gold and silver medals of FRA
Michel Andrieux M2- gold medal winners FRA Rolland & Andrieux -
They both also won the M2- gold medal at the
WRC Aiguebelette 1997 - J.-C. Rolland became
FISA president in 2014
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Stamp TOG 1980 Febr. 29th SS OG Moscow (perforated & imperforated)
The Olympic rowing regatta 1980 took place
at Moscow, not at Tallinn where the sailing
contests were held
MI SS 155 A
MI SS 155 B
Photo from book °Montreal 1976° by H.
Rosendahl, published by Corvus Verlag 1976, page 97
The decisive moment in the M1X final at OG Montreal 1976:
The favourite P. M. Kolbe (GER) in the foreground
is no longer able to defend his leading position against
P. Karppinen (FIN) and has to rest content with the silver medal.
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Stamp TOG 1984 Oct. 15th SS - OG Los Angeles: NZL M8+ crew, gold medal winner OG Munich 1972
MI SS 247 (stamp MI 1786)
SC C499
NZL crews wear black singlets!
Just a small wave and the boat is waterlogged!
NZL: Tony Hurt, Wybo Veldman, Dick Joyce,
John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor
Coker, Gary Robertson, cox Simon Dickie
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Stamp TOG 1985 Aug. 1st SS OG Los Angeles gold medal winners (SS TOG 1984 with imprint °Canada Medaille d'Or°
MI SS 270 (stamp MI 1898)
SC 525
CAN: Patrick Turner, Kevin Neufeld,
Mark Evans, Grant Main, Paul Steele,
Michael Evans, Dean Crawford,
Blair Horm, cox Brian McMahon
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Stamp URS 1981 OG Moscow (unauthorized) - Pertti Karppinen (FIN), Olympic M1X champion 1976 OG Montreal and 1980 OG Moscow (+ 1984 OG Los Angeles)
Pertti Karppinen also won the M1X gold medal
at WRC Bled 1979 and WRC Hazewinkel 1985
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