Rower Jürgen Schröder was a member of the eights in 1964-65 and won a silver medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The boat from Ratzeburger RC was the so-called Deutschland-Achter (Germany Eight), which won the 1962 World Championships and the 1963-65 European Championships, with Schröder helping win European Championships in 1964-65. He also won West German Championships in the eights from 1964-65.
Schröder studied law and became personal secretary to the president of the West German NOC and the Organizing Committee of the 1972 München Olympics Willi Daume. Schröder later headed a marketing agency in München and became a marketing consultant for the West German Rowing Association.