Rainer Borkowsky

Rainer Borkowsky ( born October 18, 1942) is a former German tax man in rowing, who won an Olympic silver medal in pairs with coxswain 1956.

Borkowsky rowed at the oar society Wiesbaden- Biebrich 1888. 1956 he replaced Achim Wernet as helmsman in a two by Horst Arndt and Karl- Heinrich von GRODDECK who had won the 1955 German Championship. 1956 could Arndt and GRODDECK defend the title with Rainer Borkowsky. Also at the European Championships 1956 in Bled won the three Wiesbaden before the boats from Switzerland and Austria. At the Olympic Games in 1956 occupied the three second place behind the Americans Arthur Ayrault and Conn Findlay with coxswain Armin Seiffert. 1957 defended GRODDECK, Arndt and Borkowsky their league titles won also at the European Championships in Duisburg. Also in 1957 came the three rowers with a Wiesbaden eighth at the German Championship and finished third. After GRODDECK was changed to Ratzeburg, Arndt and Borkowsky changed in larger boats. With the Wiesbaden four with coxswain she took third place in the German rowing championship in 1958. Even with the Wiesbaden rollercoaster they finished again in third place.

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