Dustin Brömer: Back to the Lahn from Mannheim with “Gold”

Great results to start the season for Dustin Brömer: The 16-year-old rower from Steinmühlen brought home a gold medal from the U17 General Regatta in Mannheim. “Overall, the start of the season in Mannheim was very successful,” said Joshua Benkow of the RuS coaching staff.

“After Dustin’s long injury layoff and a lot of hard work afterward, we first had to see where we stood,” the coach explained. “We had a good opportunity to do that in Mannheim.” Fortunately, he said, they were able to pick up right where they left off before the injury. Dustin first placed third in the B-Junior lightweight single sculls and won the seeded heat the following day.

Training is now underway in preparation for the first international DRV junior regatta in Munich, which will take place from May 4 to 6.

Meanwhile, the coach and RuS’s second young talent, Lasse Jacob, had decided not to compete in Mannheim just yet. “Lasse will rejoin the regattas starting with the one in Cologne,” says Joshua Benkow, referring to the junior regatta from May 18 to 20. Health issues had also kept Lasse from competing for quite some time—and he has to balance all of this with his schoolwork.

Both of these talented rowers, Dustin and Lasse, can often be seen training at the Steinmühle boathouse these days, where these photos were taken.