Roland Baar (; 12 April 1965 – 23 June 2018) was a German rower who competed for his nation at several

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. After retiring from the sport in 1996, he received the

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in 1998. He served on the Athletes' Commission of the

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between 1999 and 2004. Baar was killed in a car crash in June 2018.

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* * * 1965 births 2018 deaths People from Osterholz Olympic rowers of West Germany Olympic rowers of Germany Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in rowing German male rowers Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics International Olympic Committee members World Rowing Championships medalists for West Germany World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany West German male rowers Thomas Keller Medal recipients Road incident deaths in Germany Sportspeople from Lower Saxony {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub