Markus Gier
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| Born | 1 January 1970 St. Gallen, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Michael Gier (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Seeclub Rorschach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
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Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from St. Gallen (city)
- Swiss male rowers
- Olympic rowers for Switzerland
- Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Switzerland
- Swiss Olympic medalist stubs
- Swiss rowing biography stubs