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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 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.
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Förster's wife
Kerstin also won a gold medal in rowing at the 1988 Olympics. The couple has two children.
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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 )
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 )