Uwe Heppner

{{short description|East German rower}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Uwe Heppner

| image = Uwe Heppner 1985.jpg

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| caption = Heppner in 1985

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1962|6|26}}

| birth_place = Merseburg, East Germany

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 196 cm

| weight = 91 kg

| sport = Rowing

| club = SV Halle, Halle an der Saale

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| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{DDR}}}}

{{MedalOlympics}}

{{MedalGold| 1980 Moscow|Quadruple sculls}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Rowing Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1981 Munich|Quadruple sculls}}

{{MedalGold|1982 Lucerne|Quadruple sculls}}

{{MedalGold|1983 Duisburg|Double sculls}}

{{MedalGold|1985 Hazewinkel|Double sculls}}

{{MedalBronze|1979 Bled|Double sculls}}

{{MedalBronze|1986 Nottingham|Double sculls}}

{{MedalBronze|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. In October 1986, he was awarded a Patriotic Order of Merit in gold (first class) for his sporting success.{{cite news |title=Hohe staatliche Auszeichnungen verliehen | trans-title=Awarded high state awards |url= http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP26120215-19861015-0-6-65-0 |access-date=23 September 2018 |work=Neues Deutschland |volume=42 |issue=243 |date=15 October 1986 |page=6 | language=de |url-access=registration }}