Gustav Schäfer (rower)
German rower
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Born | 22 September 1906 (1906-09-22) Johanngeorgenstadt, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 December 1991 (1991-12-13) (aged 85) Munich, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gustav Schäfer (22 September 1906 – 10 December 1991) was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
He was born in Johanngeorgenstadt.[2] In 1911, his family moved to Dresden. Schäfer's sporting career started in swimming. After school, he trained as a baker. He first tried rowing in 1929 when a rowing club in the suburb of Blasewitz made its club house available for a dance; he started training in March 1929.[3]
At the 1936 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the single sculls competition.[2] He died in Munich in 1991.[2]
References
- ^ "Olympedia – Gustav Schäfer". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gustav Schäfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Beim Spielen an der Seine entdeckt: Knirps steuert Ruderer zum Gold". Die Welt (in German). 15 September 2000. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
External links
- Gustav Schäfer at databaseOlympics.com
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Olympic champions – Men's single sculls
- 1900: Hermann Barrelet (FRA)
- 1904: Frank Greer (USA)
- 1908: Harry Blackstaffe (GBR)
- 1912: Wally Kinnear (GBR)
- 1920: Jack Kelly Sr. (USA)
- 1924: Jack Beresford (GBR)
- 1928: Bobby Pearce (AUS)
- 1932: Bobby Pearce (AUS)
- 1936: Gustav Schäfer (GER)
- 1948: Mervyn Wood (AUS)
- 1952: Yuriy Tyukalov (URS)
- 1956: Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)
- 1960: Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)
- 1964: Vyacheslav Ivanov (URS)
- 1968: Jan Wienese (NED)
- 1972: Yury Malyshev (URS)
- 1976: Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
- 1980: Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
- 1984: Pertti Karppinen (FIN)
- 1988: Thomas Lange (GDR)
- 1992: Thomas Lange (GER)
- 1996: Xeno Müller (SUI)
- 2000: Rob Waddell (NZL)
- 2004: Olaf Tufte (NOR)
- 2008: Olaf Tufte (NOR)
- 2012: Mahé Drysdale (NZL)
- 2016: Mahé Drysdale (NZL)
- 2020: Stefanos Ntouskos (GRE)
- 2024: Oliver Zeidler (GER)
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