Gerd Cintl Explained

Gerd Cintl
Birth Date:11 December 1938
Birth Place:Düsseldorf, Germany
Death Place:Düsseldorf, Germany
Sport:Rowing
Club:Ruderclub Germania Düsseldorf

Gerd Cintl (11 December 1938 – 26 December 2017) was a West German rower who competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Düsseldorf in 1938.[1] At the 1958 European Rowing Championships in Poznań, he won silver in the coxless pair with Horst Effertz.[2] At the 1959 European Rowing Championships in Mâcon, he won gold with the coxed four.[3] 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.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Gerd Cintl . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221951/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ci/gerd-cintl-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 21 February 2018 .
  2. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier ohne Steuermann) . Sport Komplett . 21 February 2018 . de.
  3. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.) . Sport Komplett . 21 February 2018 . de.
  4. Web site: Wir trauern um Gerd Cintl . de . 21 February 2018 . Ruderclub Germania Düsseldorf . 30 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171230001825/http://www.rcgermania.de/nc/aktuelles/aktuelles/wir-trauern-um-gerd-cintl/ . dead .