Christian Dahlke was German champion 13 times in various boat classes. He was world champion with the German rowing team in 1991 and 2003 and has now turned his passion into a profession: he trains the young rowing generation, as well as Hamburg’s mayor Olaf Scholz on the Aussenalster lake. This year, he is also helping nine professionals. Four of them can still qualify for the Olympic Games in Rio. The film shows who’s going to make it.

Written and directed by Uli Patzwahl Director of photography Torsten Gerbsch Edited by n.n. Line Producer Sven Heiligenstein Producer Stefan Bomhof Executive producer Dagmar Rosenbauer Editorial Manager Birgit Schanzen Locations Hamburg, Luzern Shooting period January-June 2016 Broadcast 07/14/16 Produced for NDR Fotos © Uli Patzwahl » back