Andreas Hajek

{{Short description|German rower (born 1968)}}

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| birth_place = Weißenfels, East Germany

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| height = 195 cm

| weight = 100 kg

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{{MedalSport| Men's rowing}}

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|1986 Nottingham|Double sculls}}

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{{MedalGold|1992 Barcelona |Quadruple sculls}}

{{MedalGold|1996 Atlanta |Quadruple sculls}}

{{MedalBronze|2000 Sydney |Quadruple sculls}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }}

{{MedalGold|1993 Račice|Quadruple sculls}}

{{MedalGold|1997 Aiguebelette|Double sculls}}

{{MedalGold|1998 Cologne|Double sculls}}

{{MedalGold|1999 St. Catharines|Quadruple sculls}}

{{MedalGold|2001 Lucerne|Quadruple sculls}}

{{MedalSilver|1995 Tampere|Quadruple sculls}}

{{MedalBronze|1994 Indianapolis|Quadruple sculls}}

{{MedalBronze|2002 Seville|Double sculls}}

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Andreas Hajek (born 16 April 1968 in Weißenfels) is a retired German rower.

At the 1986 World Rowing Championships, he replaced a sick Thomas Lange at short notice when he was only 18; he won a bronze medal at that occasion. Hajek was the youngest East German team member that year.{{cite news |title=Jüngste in den Booten machten ihre Sache gut |trans-title=Youngest in the boats did a good job |url=http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP2532889X-19860827-0-7-139-0 |access-date=23 September 2018 |work=Neues Deutschland |volume=41 |issue=202 |date=27 August 1986 |page=7 |language=de |url-access=registration |archive-date=23 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923052703/http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP2532889X-19860827-0-7-139-0 |url-status=dead }} During his career Hajek became a two-time Olympic champion{{Cite sports-reference |title = Andreas Hajek |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/andreas-hajek-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417101141/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/andreas-hajek-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 28 October 2017 }} and five-time world champion.{{cite web|title=Andreas Hajek |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/4303/results/hajek-andreas |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=27 October 2017}}