Rowers Peter van Roye and Thomas Strauß won the bronze medal in the coxless pairs at the 1976 Montréal Olympics. Both also won the 1976 International German Championships. In 1974, van Roye won a bronze medal with the coxless fours at the World Championships. He was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award.
In 1974, van Roye won the West German nationals in the coxless pairs with Klaus Jäger. In 1974 and 1975 he also won the coxed eights. By profession, van Roye became a school teacher, and taught geography and sports, at a gymnasium in Bersenbrück.
West Germany