Hartmut Wenzel (23 February 1947 – 24 August 2020) was a German coxswain. He defected from East Germany during his rowing career in 1971, later winning Olympic bronze for West Germany. Wenzel was born in 1947 in Berlin. He was a rowing cox for TSC Berlin and in 1966, he won his first national title coxing the eight. He then went to the 1966 World Rowing Championships in Bled with the eight where they won a bronze medal. For their success at the World Championships, team members were awarded the title and medal . He had been ill for several years before he died on 24 August 2020.