Gerd Cintl (11 December 1938 – 26 December 2017) was a

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rower who competed for the United Team of Germany in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. He was born in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

in 1938. At the

1958 European Rowing Championships The 1958 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Malta in the city of Poznań in Poland. Men competed in all seven Olympic boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2-, M2+, M4-, M4+, M8+), and women entered in five boat classes (W1x, ...

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, he won silver in the coxless pair with

Horst Effertz Horst Effertz (born 4 August 1938) is a retired German rower who won a gold medal in the coxed fours at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Four years later he competed in the coxless four A coxless four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitiv ...

. At the

1959 European Rowing Championships The 1959 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Mâcon regatta course on the Saône in Mâcon, France. The event for women was held from 14 to 16 August, and 16 races were held. The event for men was held from 20 to 23 ...

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, he won gold with the coxed four. In 1960 he was a crew member of the German boat which won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics in the coxed four event. He died on 26 December 2017 in Düsseldorf at the age of 79.

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1938 births 2017 deaths Olympic rowers for the United Team of Germany Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United Team of Germany Sportspeople from Düsseldorf Rowers from North Rhine-Westphalia Olympic medalists in rowing West German male rowers Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub