 In November 1974, Kreuziger was awarded the honorary award Deserved Master of Sport and a Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.Early in the 1975 season, Kreuziger's double scull partner Schmied was injured and could not train, and they were beaten by Joachim Dreifke and Jürgen Bertow at a regatta in Berlin.At the East German championships, they came third, and the combination of Dreifke and Bertow took the national title.