Career
Bröckl enjoyed great success as a junior. In 2004 he dominated the Junior European Championships, winning three gold medals (K-1 500 m, K-1 1000 m and K-4 500 m). He was promoted to Germany"s senior K-4 crew in 2005.
His senior debut, at the European championships in Poznań, went badly - Bröckl has admitted that he "froze" - and the German crew finished outside the medals in both the 500 m and 1000 m races.
They did take the 200 m bronze medal on the last day of the championships, but the German coaches decided that Bröckl was not yet ready for the responsibility of leading the crew from the bow-seat in the (more tactical) longer distance races. He therefore switched seats with the more experienced Lutz Altepost for the 1000 m races at the world championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
In the 200 m final, with Bröckl leading, they picked up a silver medal. 2006 proved a disappointing season for Bröckl and his teammates.
They took the 1000 m bronze medal at the European Championships in Račice, Czechoslovakian Republic in July.
However at the World Championships in Szeged, Hungary, the German K4 "Flagschiff" finished outside the medals in all three distances. lieutenant was the first time since 1977 that no men"s German boat reached the podium. Bröckl and his teammates redeemed themselves the following year at Duisburg with a gold in the K-4 1000 m event.
