Uwe Kellner

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameUwe Jörg•Kellner
Used nameUwe•Kellner
Born17 March 1966 in Jena, Thüringen (GER)
Measurements199 cm / 98 kg
AffiliationsSportclub Berlin
NOC Germany
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 1
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

German rower Uwe Kellner was on the coxed fours crew that won the silver medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, when this event was held for the last time at the Olympics. The crew was subsequently awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award. The same crew also won the national title in 1992. Kellner had already had won the GDR national coxless pairs titles with non-Olympian Thomas Jung in 1989 and 1990. The duo also won the World Championships in those two years.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1992 Summer Olympics Rowing GER Uwe Kellner
Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic) Germany 2 Silver