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Harro Bode
Personal information
Born	20 February 1951 (age 73); Sobernheim
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sailing career
Club	Segel-Club Sorpesee Iserlohn
Medal record
Sailing
Representing West Germany
Olympic Games

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.

Honours

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)

References

^ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
^ 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.

External links

Harro Bode at World Sailing
Harro Bode at Olympics.com
Harro Bode at Olympedia (archive)
Literature from and about Harro Bode in the catalogue of the German national library
Ruhrverband

[db-ol1976-sailing-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.

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