Rowing NSW mourns the death of Harald Jahrling who passed away last week, aged 68 years.
Jahrling was a 2 time Olympic Gold Medallist in the Men’s Coxed Pair (Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980). Following his retirement, he moved into coaching and with a Sports Science background he had great success. With the reunification of Germany in 1989, a number of East German coaches sought work elsewhere and Jahrling moved to Australia to take up the role of State Coaching Director