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East German rower
Olaf Förster
Olaf Förster (1985)
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 Germanrower who had his best achievements in thecoxless fours .In this event, he won a gold medal at the1988 Summer Olympics and world titles in 1987 and 1989.[1] [2] [3]
Förster's wifeKerstin also won a gold medal in rowing at the 1988 Olympics. The couple has two children.[1] [2]
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 )
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 )