He also won another gold European medal in the 100 m breaststroke.
Both men were still competing in the K-4 as well and had won another 500 m European medal, this time silver, in 2004.
They have won a total of four European medals.
This was his second gold and overall fourth European medal.
In 1970 and 1974 he won six European medals in various events, including three gold medals.
He also went on to win a Silver European medal in France in 2010.
He won two European medals and finished fifth at the 1948 Olympics in the 200 m breaststroke event.
Her best results came in 2000 when she won two European medals and passed the Olympic selection.
During the 2007-08 season, they came close to winning their first European medal but dropped to ninth at Worlds.
The employment summit shows that the European medal has not just one side, the economic, but equally the other side, the social.
