Stefan Weiße

Stefan Weiße (12 November 1953 – 11 November 2015) was a German rower. He was quad scull world champion for East Germany in 1975.

Rowing

Weiße took up rowing at age 14 and was a member of SC Einheit Dresden. At the 1974 East German championships, Weiße competed in the single sculls and came third. He also teamed up with Armin Schulze in the double scull, where they came third.

At the 1975 East German championships, Weiße competed in the quad scull in a team with Christof Kreuziger, Wolfgang Güldenpfennig, and Wolfgang Hönig, and whilst they were the favourites that year, a boat with Joachim Dreifke, Martin Winter, Rüdiger Reiche, and Jürgen Bertow had a clear lead. Winter caught a crab close to the finish line, and Weiße's team won the national championship. According to the result of the national championships, the successful quad scull team with Weiße was nominated for the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, and they were successful at gaining the world championship title.

In 1976, Weiße replaced the 1974 world champion Uli Schmied to team up with Christof Kreuziger for the Moscow regatta in May that opened the rowing season; they were beaten by a Soviet team. Neither Kreuziger nor Weiße were included when the nominations for the 1976 Summer Olympics were announced in June. At the 1976 East German championships, Weiße competed in the quad scull in a team that came third. Returning from his 2014 trip to Australia, he was diagnosed with cancer and died on 11 November 2015.