Johannes Thomas (born 11 September 1949) is a German rower who competed for

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

in the

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. He was born in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

. In 1976 he was the coxswain of the East German boat which won the silver medal in the coxed four event.

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1949 births Living people Rowers from Dresden East German male rowers Coxswains (rowing) Olympic rowers for East Germany Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub