Stephan Fahrig

Stephan Fahrig (20 November 1968 – 23 January 2017) was a German lightweight rower and a sports scientist.

Fahrig was born in 1968 in Unkel in West Germany. He took up rowing aged 14 and over his career, he won 15 national titles. Initially rowing for WSV Bad Honnef, he later changed to RTHC Bayer Leverkusen. He attended all World Rowing Championships between 1988 and 1995. He was regarded as a leader among his rowing colleagues, had a disciplined training regime, and an aim for perfection.

In 2010, he obtained a doctorate in sports science, with the title of his thesis "Interaktionsproblematik im Riemenzweier der Sportart Rudern" (Problematic of the interaction of paired sweep rowers in the sport of rowing). He lived in Berlin, where he was distribution manager for medical equipment and competed in cycling. He died in 2017 from leukemia.