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Swiss rower
Markus Gier
Born (1970-01-01 ) 1 January 1970 (age 54)
St. Gallen , Switzerland Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) Weight 75 kg (165 lb) Relatives
Michael Gier (brother)
Sport Rowing Club Seeclub Rorschach
Markus Gier (born 1 January 1970) is a Swiss
competition rower and Olympic champion. He hails from
Sankt Gallen .
Gier and his brother
Michael won a gold medal in
lightweight double sculls at the
1996 Summer Olympics .
[1] The brothers also competed at the
2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where they finished fifth.
[1]
He was in the silver medal-winning lightweight quad scull in
Bled in 1989 along with Reto Fierz (bow), Philipp Ferlber (seat 2), and Cirillo Ghielmetti (seat 3).
[2]
References
FISA championships Official world championships
1985 :
(
Luc Crispon ,
Thierry Renault )
1986 :
(
Luc Crispon ,
Thierry Renault )
1987 :
(
Enrico Gandola ,
Giovanni Calabrese )
1988 :
(
Enrico Gandola ,
Francesco Esposito )
1989 :
(
Christoph Schmölzer ,
Walter Rantasa )
1990 :
(
Robert Dreher ,
Stephen Peterson )
1991 :
(
Michael Buchheit ,
Kai von Warburg )
1992 :
(
Gary Lynagh ,
Bruce Hick )
1993 :
(
Bruce Hick ,
Gary Lynagh )
1994 :
(
Michelangelo Crispi ,
Francesco Esposito )
1995 :
(
Markus Gier ,
Michael Gier )
1997 :
(
Tomasz Kucharski ,
Robert Sycz )
1998 :
(
Tomasz Kucharski ,
Robert Sycz )
1999 :
(
Michelangelo Crispi ,
Leonardo Pettinari )
2001 :
(
Elia Luini ,
Leonardo Pettinari )
2002 :
(
Elia Luini ,
Leonardo Pettinari )
2003 :
(
Elia Luini ,
Leonardo Pettinari )
2005 :
(
Zsolt Hirling ,
Tamás Varga )
2006 :
(
Mads Rasmussen ,
Rasmus Quist Hansen )
2007 :
(
Mads Rasmussen ,
Rasmus Quist Hansen )
2009 :
(
Storm Uru ,
Peter Taylor )
2010 :
(
Zac Purchase ,
Mark Hunter )
2011 :
(
Zac Purchase ,
Mark Hunter )
2013 :
(
Kristoffer Brun ,
Are Strandli )
2014 :
(
James Thompson ,
John Smith )
2015 :
(
Stany Delayre ,
Jérémie Azou )
2017 :
(
Pierre Houin ,
Jérémie Azou )
2018 :
(
Gary O'Donovan ,
Paul O'Donovan )
2019 :
(
Fintan McCarthy ,
Paul O'Donovan )
2022 :
(
Fintan McCarthy ,
Paul O'Donovan )
2023 :
(
Fintan McCarthy ,
Paul O'Donovan )