Lucas Schäfer Wins German Championships in the Four and the Eight

… and is heading to the World Rowing Championships in Italy

 

It doesn’t get any better than this: At the German U-23 Rowing Championships on June 28, 2014, in Brandenburg, Lucas Schäfer won two German championship titles. As a result, the Steinmühlen high school graduate has earned a spot on the German national team and will compete at the U23 World Championships in Varese, Italy, at the end of July.

Together with his rowing teammates from the RC ‘Alemannia’ Hamburg rowing club and the RV ‘Neptun’ Konstanz rowing club, Lucas rowed to first place for RuS Steinmühle late Saturday morning in the U23 lightweight coxless four. The team left the Berlin four—initially feared as a strong competitor—behind by nearly 12 seconds over the 2,000-meter distance, securing a clear victory.

 

Just under five hours later, it was once again an all-or-nothing race in the lightweight eight. This time, our Lucas was even the stroke—and the boat was the first to cross the finish line as well.

 

Photos: Oliver Quickert, rudern.de, German Rowing Association