Hans-Johann Färber (born 20 April 1947) 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

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in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

and in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

Rowing

At the

1967 European Rowing Championships The 1967 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Allier, a reservoir in the Allier River adjacent to the French city of Vichy. This edition of the European Rowing Championships was held from 1 to 3 September for women ...

, he won bronze with

Udo Brecht Udo Brecht (born 30 April 1943) is a German rower who represented West Germany. At the 1967 European Rowing Championships in Vichy, Brecht won bronze with Hans-Johann Färber in the coxless pair. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexi ...

in the coxless pair. At the

, he was a crew member of the West German boat that finished twelfth in the coxed four event. He competed at the

1970 World Rowing Championships The 1970 World Rowing Championships was the 3rd World Rowing Championships. It was held in 1970 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The competition involved seven events. Prior to the 4th World Rowing ...

in St. Catharines in the

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and won gold. He competed at the

1971 European Rowing Championships The 1971 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Bagsværd in the Danish capital Copenhagen. There were seven competitions for men and five for women, and the most successful nation was East Germany with five gold med ...

and won a gold medal with the coxed four. At the

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, he was a crew member of the West German boat that won the gold medal in the coxed four event. At the

1974 World Rowing Championships The 1974 World Rowing Championships was the fourth World Rowing Championships. It was held from 4 to 8 September 1974 (for men) and from 29 August to 1 September 1974 (for women) on the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. The event was significantly ...

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, he won bronze with the coxed four. At the

1975 World Rowing Championships The 1975 World Rowing Championships was the fifth World Rowing Championships. It was held from 21 to 30 August at Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre in Nottingham, England. Medal summary Medalists at the 1975 World Rowing Champions ...

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, he won bronze with the coxed four. At the

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, he was a crew member of the West German boat that won the bronze medal in the coxed four event.

Family

Färber was born in Šljivoševci,

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. He lives with his wife in Schwaig in Bavaria. They have three daughters. Since 2012, he has trained his granddaughter in rowing. Marie-Sophie Zeidler (born 1999) won silver at the 2016 World Rowing Junior Championships with the junior women's eight, and bronze at the 2017 World Rowing Junior Championships with the junior women's coxless pair.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Farber, Hans-Johann 1947 births Living people Olympic rowers of West Germany Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Olympic medalists in rowing West German male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for West Germany Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists