Dieter Meschede

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Born (1954-04-17) 17 April 1954 (age 71)
SportRowing
Dieter Meschede
Personal information
Born (1954-04-17) 17 April 1954 (age 71)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  West Germany
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place1976 VillachLwt eight

Dieter Meschede (born 17 April 1954) is a German physicist and lightweight rower.

Meschede was born in 1954 in Lathen in the Emsland district.[1]

Meschede won a gold medal at the 1976 World Rowing Championships in Villach with the lightweight men's eight.[2]

Meschede studied physics and in 1989, he was the inaugural recipient of the Rudolf Kaiser Prize [de], awarded to young promising scientists.[3] In 2007, he was awarded the Robert Wichard Pohl Prize [de].[3] He teaches quantum technology at the University of Bonn.[4] He is the president of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft and will hold this position from April 2018 for a two-year period.[3]

Since the 21st edition (published in 2002), Meschede has been the editor of the German physics textbook Gerthsen Physik [de].[5]

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