{"id":43257,"date":"2015-07-26T18:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.steinmuehle.de\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:38:38","slug":"lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Sch\u00e4fer and his four-man crew took second place at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 26, 2015, Steinm\u00fchlen rower <b>Lucas Sch\u00e4fer<\/b> achieved his greatest success to date on the international stage. The lightweight four, which had qualified directly for the final, secured an outstanding second-place finish behind the dominant Italian boat. In the end, they managed to fend off the challenges from the French and British boats.  <\/p>\n<p>According to the World Rowing Federation&#8217;s minutes, the sequence of events was as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\"><i>Japan and Italy qualified directly for their A-final from their respective heats, but it was France that posted the fastest qualifying time in the repechage. In fact, every boat in the repechage was faster than the boats in the heats. <\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>Italy was in the lead in the first quarter. They reached the 500-meter mark at a rate of 39 strokes per minute. France was in second place and Germany in third.    <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>&#8220;At the halfway point, Germany had moved up to second place, while France had fallen back to fourth, and Great Britain was in a position to potentially win the bronze medal. Italy\u2019s lead was clear-cut, and they remained untouchable. Germany held off the British crew to take silver.&#8221;  <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #333333\">Results: ITA, <\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #333333\"><b>GER<\/b><\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #333333\">, GBR, FRA, JPN, USA<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 26, 2015, Steinm\u00fchlen rower Lucas Sch\u00e4fer achieved his greatest success to date on the international stage. The lightweight four, which had qualified directly for the final, secured an outstanding second-place finish behind the dominant Italian boat. In the end, they managed to fend off the challenges from the French and British boats. According [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lucas Sch\u00e4fer and his four-man crew took second place at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria - Steinm\u00fchle \u2013 Schule &amp; Internat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lucas Sch\u00e4fer and his four-man crew took second place at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On July 26, 2015, Steinm\u00fchlen rower Lucas Sch\u00e4fer achieved his greatest success to date on the international stage. The lightweight four, which had qualified directly for the final, secured an outstanding second-place finish behind the dominant Italian boat. In the end, they managed to fend off the challenges from the French and British boats. According [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Steinm\u00fchle \u2013 Schule &amp; Internat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steinmuehle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-07-26T16:00:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-18T13:38:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"konnertz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"konnertz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/26\\\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/26\\\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"konnertz\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d5cb9777474a42e745a3e659f25fa67a\"},\"headline\":\"Lucas Sch\u00e4fer and his four-man crew took second place at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-26T16:00:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-18T13:38:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/26\\\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":213,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Archive\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/26\\\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/26\\\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lucas Sch\u00e4fer and his four-man crew took second place at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria - Steinm\u00fchle \u2013 Schule &amp; Internat\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-26T16:00:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-18T13:38:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/26\\\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/26\\\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/26\\\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Start\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/home\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lucas Sch\u00e4fer and his four-man crew took second place at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Steinm\u00fchle \u2013 Schule & Internat\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Steinm\u00fchle \u2013 Schule & Internat\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Logo_SchuleInternat_Steinmuehle_2026_3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Logo_SchuleInternat_Steinmuehle_2026_3.png\",\"width\":450,\"height\":165,\"caption\":\"Steinm\u00fchle \u2013 Schule & Internat\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/steinmuehle\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/steinmuehle\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/school\\\/steinmuehle\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d5cb9777474a42e745a3e659f25fa67a\",\"name\":\"konnertz\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b3083e3434f4e2c464a6d24113a38c24?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm\",\"url\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b3083e3434f4e2c464a6d24113a38c24?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm\",\"contentUrl\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b3083e3434f4e2c464a6d24113a38c24?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm\",\"caption\":\"konnertz\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/steinmuehle.de\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/konnertz\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lucas Sch\u00e4fer and his four-man crew took second place at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria - Steinm\u00fchle \u2013 Schule &amp; Internat","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lucas Sch\u00e4fer and his four-man crew took second place at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria","og_description":"On July 26, 2015, Steinm\u00fchlen rower Lucas Sch\u00e4fer achieved his greatest success to date on the international stage. The lightweight four, which had qualified directly for the final, secured an outstanding second-place finish behind the dominant Italian boat. In the end, they managed to fend off the challenges from the French and British boats. According [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\/","og_site_name":"Steinm\u00fchle \u2013 Schule &amp; Internat","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steinmuehle\/","article_published_time":"2015-07-26T16:00:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-18T13:38:38+00:00","author":"konnertz","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"konnertz","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\/"},"author":{"name":"konnertz","@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d5cb9777474a42e745a3e659f25fa67a"},"headline":"Lucas Sch\u00e4fer and his four-man crew took second place at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria","datePublished":"2015-07-26T16:00:17+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-18T13:38:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\/"},"wordCount":213,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Archive","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\/","url":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\/","name":"Lucas Sch\u00e4fer and his four-man crew took second place at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria - Steinm\u00fchle \u2013 Schule &amp; Internat","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-07-26T16:00:17+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-18T13:38:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2015\/07\/26\/lucas-schaefer-and-his-four-man-crew-took-second-place-at-the-u23-world-rowing-championships-in-plovdiv-bulgaria\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Start","item":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lucas Sch\u00e4fer and his four-man crew took second place at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/","name":"Steinm\u00fchle \u2013 Schule & Internat","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/#organization","name":"Steinm\u00fchle \u2013 Schule & Internat","url":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Logo_SchuleInternat_Steinmuehle_2026_3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Logo_SchuleInternat_Steinmuehle_2026_3.png","width":450,"height":165,"caption":"Steinm\u00fchle \u2013 Schule & Internat"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steinmuehle\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/steinmuehle\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/steinmuehle\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d5cb9777474a42e745a3e659f25fa67a","name":"konnertz","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3083e3434f4e2c464a6d24113a38c24?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm","url":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3083e3434f4e2c464a6d24113a38c24?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm","contentUrl":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3083e3434f4e2c464a6d24113a38c24?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm","caption":"konnertz"},"url":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/author\/konnertz\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48896,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43257\/revisions\/48896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}