Gerhard Auer

Gerhard Auer ( born June 29, 1943 in Tepl ) is a retired German rower.

The rowers from Ulm Donau joined RC 1969 Lake quad. Besides batsman Peter Berger Hans- Johann Färber and Alois Bierl sat in the boat. Because of the great strength values ​​of the four rowers they became known as the Bull of four. With helmsman Stefan Voncken the four 1969 European champion and 1970 world champions were. 1971 defended the boat with coxswain Uwe Benter his European title.

After years of unbeaten boat was a big favorite for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. On September 2, the regatta course in Oberschleißheim was sold out, but the crush of visitors without tickets was so great that the fences did not stand up. The Bull quad controlled by Uwe Benter won the expected gold medal safe from the boats from the GDR and Czechoslovakia, it should be the only rowing gold for the Federal Republic in 1972.

After the Olympics, broke up the crew, was only Hans- Johann Färber at the Olympic Games in 1976 on it.

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