Single sculls rower Jochen Meißner won the silver medal at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. During his active career he had great rivalries with Udo Hild and Wolfgang Glock in the single sculls. Meißner won gold at the Europeans in 1965, bronze at the Worlds in 1966, and another bronze at the Europeans in 1969. From 1965-68 he also won the West German nationals. In 1970 he moved to double sculls, partnering with Arthur Heyne, but both disappointed in München, ranking 10th. Meißner was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf in 1966, the highest sports award in Germany. He later became a sports administrator and president of the Regional Olympic Society in Mannheim.
West Germany