Dustin Brömer Is Getting a Taste for Medals

The Cologne Junior Regatta was a huge success for RuS junior rower Dustin Brömer, thanks to fantastic weather conditions. He won the heat in the lightweight Junior B single sculls, claiming his first gold medal of the competition. Due to the large field of entrants, this success was not enough to qualify him for the A final the following day. Since the participants were ultimately seeded based on their times, Dustin worked his way up from the back of the field and competed in the last final in the heavyweight B single sculls.

Here, he showed what he was still capable of. This race earned him his second gold medal of the weekend. “In between,” the RuS athlete had stepped in to help out. When it became clear that one athlete had dropped out, he filled in for the Junior B quadruple sculls, forming a racing team with rowers from the Marburg Rowing Club and the Frankfurt Rowing Society. “It wasn’t his weight class, but they were short-handed,” says Joshua Benkow from the coaching staff.

 

“Dustin drove a spectacular race,” said coach Martin Strohmenger, who is otherwise known for his restraint when it comes to using superlatives. “He did a really great job and, mentally strong right to the end, made the most of his technical advantages.” “Stromi” also heaped praise on Joshua Benkow for his first-rate coaching performance. He guided a great group of enthusiastic rowers from RuS Steinmühle and Marburger Ruderverein through the competition as a cohesive team with a positive overall atmosphere. Strohmenger: “I’m proud of everyone.”