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East German rower
Olaf Förster
Born 2 November 1962 (1962-11-02 ) (age 61)Karl-Marx-Stadt , East Germany Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Weight 89 kg (196 lb) Sport Rowing Club SC Einheit Dresden
Olaf Förster (born 2 November 1962) is a retired German rower who had his best achievements in the coxless fours . In this event, he won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics and world titles in 1987 and 1989.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Förster's wife Kerstin also won a gold medal in rowing at the 1988 Olympics. The couple has two children.[ 1] [ 2]
References
Förster (left) in 1985
1904 : Stockhoff , Erker , Dietz , Nasse (USA )
1908 : Cudmore , Gillan , Mackinnon , Somers-Smith (GBR )
1924 : Eley , MacNabb , Morrison , Sanders (GBR )
1928 : Lander , Warriner , Beesly , Bevan (GBR )
1932 : Badcock , Edwards , Beresford , George (GBR )
1936 : Eckstein , Rom , Karl , Menne (GER )
1948 : Moioli , Morille , Invernizzi , Faggi (ITA )
1952 : Bonačić , Valenta , Trojanović , Šegvić (YUG )
1956 : MacKinnon , Loomer , D'Hondt , Arnold (CAN )
1960 : Ayrault , Nash , Sayre , Wailes (USA )
1964 : Hansen , Hasløv , Petersen , Helmudt (DEN )
1968 : Forberger , Rühle , Grahn , Schubert (GDR )
1972 : Forberger , Rühle , Grahn , Schubert (GDR )
1976 : Brietzke , Decker , Semmler , Mager (GDR )
1980 : Thiele , Decker , Semmler , Brietzke (GDR )
1984 : O'Connell , O'Brien , Robertson , Trask (NZL )
1988 : Schröder , Brudel , Förster , Greiner (GDR )
1992 : Cooper , Green , McKay , Tomkins (AUS )
1996 : Green , Ginn , Tomkins , McKay (AUS )
2000 : Cracknell , Redgrave , Foster , Pinsent (GBR )
2004 : Williams , Cracknell , Coode , Pinsent (GBR )
2008 : James , Williams , Reed , Hodge (GBR )
2012 : Gregory , James , Reed , Hodge (GBR )
2016 : Gregory , Sbihi , Nash , Louloudis (GBR )
2020 : Purnell , Turrin , Hargreaves , Hill (AUS )
2024 : Best , Corrigan , Grady , Mead (USA )
1962 : (Gerd Wolter , Dagobert Thometschek , Peter Paustian , Christian Prey )
1966 : (Frank Forberger , Frank Rühle , Dieter Grahn , Dieter Schubert )
1970 : (Frank Forberger , Frank Rühle , Dieter Grahn , Dieter Schubert )
1974 : (Siegfried Brietzke , Andreas Decker , Stefan Semmler , Wolfgang Mager )
1975 : (Siegfried Brietzke , Andreas Decker , Stefan Semmler , Wolfgang Mager )
1977 : (Wolfgang Mager , Stefan Semmler , Andreas Decker , Siegfried Brietzke )
1978 : (Vladimir Predbradzensky , Nikolay Kuznetsov , Valeriy Dolinin , Anatoly Nemtyryov )
1979 : (Wolfgang Mager , Andreas Decker , Stefan Semmler , Siegfried Brietzke )
1981 : (Aleksey Kamkin , Valeriy Dolinin , Aleksandr Kulagin , Vitaliy Eliseyev )
1982 : (Bruno Saile , Jürg Weitnauer , Hans-Konrad Trümpler , Stefan Netzle )
1983 : (Norbert Keßlau , Volker Grabow , Jörg Puttlitz , Guido Grabow )
1985 : (Norbert Keßlau , Volker Grabow , Jörg Puttlitz , Guido Grabow )
1986 : (Ted Swinford , Daniel Lyons , John Riley , Robert Espeseth )
1987 : (Jens Luedecke , Thomas Greiner , Ralf Brudel , Olaf Förster )
1989 : (Jens Luedecke , Thomas Greiner , Ralf Brudel , Olaf Förster )
1990 : (Nick Green , Mike McKay , James Tomkins , Samuel Patten )
1991 : (Andrew Cooper , Nick Green , Mike McKay , James Tomkins )
1993 : (Michel Andrieux , Daniel Fauché , Philippe Lot , Jean-Christophe Rolland )
1994 : (Riccardo Dei Rossi , Raffaello Leonardo , Valter Molea , Carlo Mornati )
1995 : (Riccardo Dei Rossi , Raffaello Leonardo , Valter Molea , Carlo Mornati )
1997 : (James Cracknell , Tim Foster , Matthew Pinsent , Steve Redgrave )
1998 : (James Cracknell , Tim Foster , Matthew Pinsent , Steve Redgrave )
1999 : (James Cracknell , Steve Redgrave , Ed Coode , Matthew Pinsent )
2001 : (Toby Garbett , Steve Williams , Ed Coode , Rick Dunn )
2002 : (Sebastian Thormann , Paul Dienstbach , Philipp Stüer , Bernd Heidicker )
2003 : (Cameron Baerg , Thomas Herschmiller , Jake Wetzel , Barney Williams )
2005 : (Steve Williams , Pete Reed , Alex Partridge , Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2006 : (Steve Williams , Pete Reed , Alex Partridge , Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2007 : (Carl Meyer , James Dallinger , Eric Murray , Hamish Bond )
2009 : (Alex Partridge , Richard Egington , Alex Gregory , Matt Langridge )
2010 : (Jean-Baptiste Macquet , Germain Chardin , Julien Desprès , Dorian Mortelette )
2011 : (Matt Langridge , Richard Egington , Tom James , Alex Gregory )
2013 : (Boaz Meylink , Kaj Hendriks , Mechiel Versluis , Robert Lücken )
2014 : (Alex Gregory , Moe Sbihi , George Nash , Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2015 : (Marco Di Costanzo , Matteo Castaldo , Matteo Lodo , Giuseppe Vicino )
2017 : (Joshua Hicks , Spencer Turrin , Jack Hargreaves , Alexander Hill )
2018 : (Joshua Hicks , Spencer Turrin , Jack Hargreaves , Alexander Hill )
2019 : (Mateusz Wilangowski , Mikołaj Burda , Marcin Brzeziński , Michał Szpakowski )
2022 : (William Stewart , Sam Nunn , David Ambler , Freddie Davidson )
2023 : (Oliver Wilkes , David Ambler , Matt Aldridge , Freddie Davidson )