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Olympic sailingIn the winner's plane to the welcome party

Tatjana Pokorny

 · 22.08.2016

Olympic sailing: In the winner's plane to the welcome partyPhoto: HP Sailing
Erik Heil (left) and Thomas Plößel carry their coach Thomas Rein on their hands in front of the winning plane in Frankfurt, which brought them back to Germany from Rio
The Olympic team is back home. The sailors are expected to arrive in Hamburg in the evening with the bronze crew Erik Heil and Thomas Plößel

Tonight, bronze medallists Erik Heil and Thomas Plößel and their team-mates from Sailing Team Germany will land at Hamburg Airport at 7.05 pm. The German Sailing Association (DSV) and the North German Regatta Association (NRV) have organised a welcome party to celebrate the medal winners and their teammates from 7 p.m. in the arrivals hall at Terminal 2. Families, friends, invited guests and the press are invited to a reception afterwards in the Mövenpick Restaurant on Level 3.

Brilliant memory: Erik Heil and Thomas Plößel in the 49er against the backdrop of Rio de JaneiroPhoto: HP Sailing Brilliant memory: Erik Heil and Thomas Plößel in the 49er against the backdrop of Rio de Janeiro

The sailors have already published their first celebratory pictures after the stopover in Frankfurt. The sailors left Rio de Janeiro on Monday evening on the winning plane of the German medallists. After a short night, the adrenalin of joy, memories and good fellowship among the athletes is keeping them awake.

Unforgettable: Heil and Plößel's backflip with the German flag after the medal finalPhoto: Sailing Energy Unforgettable: Heil and Plößel's backflip with the German flag after the medal final Coach Thomas Rein in front of a picture of his bronze crewPhoto: HP Sailing Coach Thomas Rein in front of a picture of his bronze crew

Click here for the ZDF report on the Olympic 49er final.

Another welcome party is planned for the bronze medallists Heil and Plößel on Thursday in their home city of Berlin. The Olympians will be celebrating with guests, fans and media representatives in the Audi City Berlin at Kurfürstendamm 195 from 5pm. For all those who want to take the tiller of the 49er dinghy in their own hands and let the wind blow around their noses in the trapeze, the "360 degree virtual reality sailing simulator", which already thrilled visitors at Kiel Week, will be available there.

Here Thomas Plößel and Erik Heil run into their fan corner after winning the medalPhoto: tati Here Thomas Plößel and Erik Heil run into their fan corner after winning the medal The fans were already a bank in Rio, now they want to celebrate with Erik Heil and Thomas Plößel in Hamburg and BerlinPhoto: tati The fans were already a bank in Rio, now they want to celebrate with Erik Heil and Thomas Plößel in Hamburg and Berlin
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Tatjana Pokorny

Tatjana Pokorny

Sports reporter

Tatjana “tati” Pokorny is the author of nine books. As a reporter for Europe's leading sailing magazine YACHT, she also works as a correspondent for the German Press Agency (DPA), the Hamburger Abendblatt and other national and international media. In summer 2024, Tatjana will be reporting from Marseille on her ninth consecutive Olympic Games. Other core topics have been the America's Cup since 1992, the Ocean Race since 1993, the Vendée Globe and other national and international regattas and their protagonists. Favorite discipline: Portraits of and interviews with sailing personalities. When she started out in sports journalism, she was still intensively involved with basketball and other sports, but sailing quickly became her main focus. The reason? The declared optimist says: “There is no other sport like it, no other sport with such interesting and intelligent personalities, no other sport so diverse, no other sport so full of energy, strength and ideas. Sailing is like a constantly refreshing declaration of love for life."

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