en.wikipedia.org

Harro Bode - Wikipedia

  • ️Tue Feb 20 1951

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Harro Bode

Personal information
Born20 February 1951 (age 74)
Sobernheim
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sailing career
ClubSegel-Club Sorpesee Iserlohn

Harro Bode (born 20 February 1951, in Sobernheim) is a German sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 Class with Frank Hübner at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1][2]

Bode studied civil engineering and later became CEO of Ruhrverband [de], a large water utility in the west of Germany. He was appointed honorary professor at the University of Hanover and published many papers about water science and water politics.

  • 1976: Award of silver laurel leaf by German Bundespräsident Walter Scheel
  • 1987: Karl-Imhoff-Prize of the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) (formerly ATV)
  • 2014: IWA-Award for "Outstanding Contribution to Water Management and Science"
  • 2015: Golden Badge of Honor of the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA)
  1. ^ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harro Bode". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.