 SC Berlin-Grünau also entered a quad scull team to the national championships that included Kreuziger, and the team came third.The highlight of that year's rowing season were the 1973 European Rowing Championships, which until that year were regarded as the unofficial world championships; world championships were held annually from 1974 onwards.Kreuziger and Schmied won gold in the double scull; they beat the 1972 Olympic winners, Gennadi Korshikov and Aleksandr Timoshinin, by seven seconds.