Ernst Gaber (6 June 1907 – 13 August 1975) was a German rower who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

, in the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...

, and in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. In 1928 he was part of the German boat which placed fifth after being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the eight event. Four years later he won the silver medal as member of the German boat in the coxless fours competition. He was also part of the German boat which eliminated in the

repechage Repechage (; french: repêchage, "fishing out, rescuing") is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well known example is the wild car ...

of the eight event. In 1936 he won the gold medal as part of the German boat in the coxed four competition.

References

External links

Ernst Gaber at databaseOlympics.com
1907 births 1975 deaths Olympic rowers for Germany Rowers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in rowing German male rowers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Mannheim European Rowing Championships medalists {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub