Gert Uebeler

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Gert Uebeler
Personal information
Born (1957-03-15) 15 March 1957 (age 67)
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubSC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  East Germany
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1978 Karapiro Coxed pair
Gold medal – first place 1979 Bled Coxed pair
Silver medal – second place 1982 Lucerne Eight
Silver medal – second place 1983 Dusiburg Eight

Gert Uebeler (born 15 March 1957) is a German rower who competed for East Germany.

Uebeler was born in 1957[1] and grew up in Dessau.[2] He was junior men's coxed pair world champion in 1974.[3] He was twice world champion alongside Jürgen Pfeiffer in coxed pair. At the 1978 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro, New Zealand, they became world champions with Olaf Beyer as coxswain. They defended their title at the 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia, with Georg Spohr as coxswain.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Gert Uebeler". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Erfolgsjahre ab 1971 im SC Chemie Halle" [Successful years from 1971 in the SC Chemie Halle] (PDF) (in German). SC Chemie Halle. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  3. ^ "(JM2+) Junior Men's Coxed Pair – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  4. ^ Hoffmann, Wilfried. "Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften seit 1962: Deutsche Medaillenerfolge – Gold, Silber und Bronze" [Rowing World Championships since 1962: German medal series – gold, silver and bronze] (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08. Retrieved 28 September 2018.