Uwe Heppner

Uwe Heppner

Uwe Heppner (left) and Thomas Lange in 1985
Personal information
Born	(1962-06-26) 26 June 1962 (age 54) Merseburg, Germany
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	SV Halle, Halle an der Saale
Medal record Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Quadruple sculls World Rowing Championships 1981 Munich Quadruple sculls 1982 Lucerne Quadruple sculls 1983 Duisburg Double sculls 1985 Hazewinkel Double sculls 1979 Bled Double sculls 1986 Nottingham Double sculls 1987 Copenhagen Double sculls

Uwe Heppner (born 18 July 1960) is a retired German rower. He competed for East Germany at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the quadruple sculls in 1980. He finished fifth in the double sculls in 1988. Between 1979 and 1987 he won four gold and three bronze medals in these two events at the world championships and finished fourth in 1989.