Olaf Förster (born 2 November 1962) is a retired German

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

who had his best achievements in the

coxless four A coxless four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar. There are two rowers on th ...

s. In this event, he won a gold medal at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

and world titles in 1987 and 1989. Förster's wife

Kerstin Kerstin is a female German and Swedish given name; it is the Scandinavian version of Christina. Notable persons with this name include: * Kerstin Alm (born 1949), Finnish politician from the Åland Islands * Kerstin Anderson (born 1994), America ...

also won a gold medal in rowing at the 1988 Olympics. The couple has two children.

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1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Chemnitz People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt East German male rowers Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of East Germany Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub