Mario Gyr (born 2 May 1985) is a Swiss

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 ...

. He won gold at the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

in the men's lightweight four with Lucas Tramèr,

Simon Schürch Simon Schürch (born 2 December 1990) is a Swiss rower. He won gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the men's lightweight four, with the team being coached by New Zealander Ian Wright. He also competed in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at ...

and Simon Niepmann. The same team, coached by New Zealander

Ian Wright Ian Edward Wright (born 3 November 1963) is an English television and radio personality and former professional footballer. He works as a pundit for BBC Sport and ITV Sport. Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal ...

, also won this event in the 2015 World Championships. He also competed in the men's lightweight coxless four event at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...

, finishing fifth.

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* 1985 births Living people Swiss male rowers Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Switzerland Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland World Rowing Championships medalists for Switzerland Sportspeople from Lucerne 21st-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-rowing-bio-stub