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Full name | Pirnaer Ruderverein 1872 e.V. |
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Nickname(s) | Red-Yellows |
Short name | PRV 1872, DRV-ID 12204 |
Founded | 7 September 1872 | 1992
Dissolved | 1945 |
Location | Pirna, Germany |
Registered association (Germany) ≈ 300 members | |
President | Johannes Zeibig + The Hon. Siegfried Hanus |
Focus | 1. Rowing 2. Dragon boat[1] 3. Cross-country skiing travels 4. Cardio fitness for legs and arms with stomach (Gym) 4. Swimming |
Website | http://www.pirnaer-ruderverein.de/ |
The Pirna Rowing Club 1872 (Pirnaer Ruderverein 1872),[2] from Pirna (Germany) is the first and oldest rowing club in the Freestate of Saxony, founded in 1872 and reshaped in 1991.[3] One of the best known is the rower Peggy Waleska, who won 2 World Championships and one silver medal on the Olympics, and the rower Dieter Schubert, who won 2 times Olympic gold, 2 World- championships and 3 European championships. Sybille Reinhardt won the Olympic gold during the competitions Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. During the time of the German Democratic Republic their names were: Betriebssportgemeinschaft Kommunales Wirtschaftsunternehmen (BSG KWU) Pirna, BSG Einheit Pirna, BSG Fortschritt Pirna and SV Fortschritt Pirna.