_1985.jpg) Olaf Förster (1985) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 November 1962 (1962-11-02) (age 62) Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Einheit Dresden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Förster's wife Kerstin also won a gold medal in rowing at the 1988 Olympics. The couple has two children.
References
- ^ Olaf Förster. Sports-Reference.com
- ^ Olaf Förster at World Rowing
- Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften Zweier mit Steuermann, Vierer ohne Steuermann. sport-komplett.de
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Chemnitz
- Rowers from Saxony
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
- East German male rowers
- Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rowers for East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold
- German rowing Olympic medalist stubs