Gerd Cintl

Gerd Cintl, partly out as Gert Cintl, ( born December 11, 1938 in Dusseldorf ) is a retired German rower. He won Olympic gold in Rome in 1960.

Cintl launched for the Rowing Club Germania Dusseldorf 1904. 1958 he was, together with Horst Effertz German champion in pairs without coxswain and two with coxswain, helmsman sat Michael Obst in the boat. At the European Championships in 1958 and Cintl Effertz won silver in two without.

1959 rose Cintl and Effertz into the four with coxswain. The boat of Germania Dusseldorf in the occupation of Klaus Wegner, Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Claus Hess with coxswain Michael Obst won both at the German Championship and the European Championship.

For the 1960 Olympics on the Alban lake, the boat was transformed. In the occupation Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Klaus Riekemann, Jürgen Litz and Michael Obst, the boat won both forward and intermediate run with the fastest time. In the finale, the boat could safely assert against the French boat.

1960 Summer Olympics List of Olympic medalists in rowing (men) Waldemar Tietgens Albert Arnheiter Hermann Wilker Rudolf Fickeisen Otto Fickeisen Otto Maier Max Rudolf (rower) Paul Rudolf Hans Walter Alfred Probst Eugen Sigg Hans Eller Horst Hoeck Walter Meyer Joachim Spremberg Carlheinz Neumann Hans Maier (rower) Walter Volle Ernst Gaber Fritz Bauer (rower) Alberto Winkler Romano Sgheiz Franco Trincavelli Ivo Stefanoni Peter Neusel Bernhard Britting Joachim Werner (rower) Egbert Hirschfelder Dick Joyce (rower) Ross Collinge Dudley Storey Warren Cole Simon Dickie Peter Berger (rower) Gerhard Auer Alois Bierl Uwe Benter Nikolai Petrovich Ivanov Dieter Wendisch Andreas Gregor Andy Holmes Bernd Niesecke Karsten Schmeling Bernd Eichwurzel Frank Klawonn Hendrik Reiher
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