Sabine Jahn (later Gust, born 27 June 1953) is a 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 di ...

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

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

. She was born in

Neuruppin Neuruppin (; North Brandenburgisch: ''Reppin'') is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, the administrative seat of Ostprignitz-Ruppin district. It is the birthplace of the novelist Theodor Fontane (1819–1898) and therefore also referred to as ''Fonta ...

. She is married to

Reinhard Gust Reinhard Gust (born 10 December 1950 in Rostock) is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () (''Dynamo Sports Association'') was the sport association of the securit ...

and has competed since the 1977 rowing season under her married name. In 1976 she and her partner

Petra Boesler Petra Boesler (later Wach, born 19 September 1955) is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics. She was born in Berlin. She is the sister of Martina Boesler, who is also an Olympic rower. Their aunt, Renate Bo ...

won an Olympic silver medal in the double sculls event. In February 1978, she was given the sports awards Honoured Master of Sports.

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* 1953 births Living people Sportspeople from Neuruppin East German female rowers Olympic rowers for East Germany Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze European Rowing Championships medalists {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub