Gustav Schäfer (rower), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German rower
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Place of Birth: Johanngeorgenstadt, Karl-Marx-Stadt District, Germany
About Gustav Schäfer (rower)
- Gustav Schäfer (22 September 1906 – 12 December 1991) was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Johanngeorgenstadt.
- In 1911, his family moved to Dresden.
- Schäfer's sporting career started in swimming.
- After school, he trained as a baker.
- He first tried rowing in 1929 when a rowing club in the suburb of Blasewitz made its club house available for a dance; he started training in March 1929.At the 1936 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the single sculls competition.
- He died in Munich in 1991.
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