Michael Obst

Michael Obst ( born June 22, 1944 in Leipzig ) is a retired German rower. He won the 1960 Olympic gold in Rome for the all-German team.

Fruit was helmsman Rowing Club Germania Dusseldorf 1904. 1958 he was together with Gerd Cintl and Horst Effertz German champion in pairs with coxswain. 1959 rose three rowers into the four with coxswain. The boat of Germania Dusseldorf in the occupation of Klaus Wegner, Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Claus Hess with fruit as helmsman won both at the German Championships as well as the European Championships.

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.

Unified Team of Germany 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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