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| Born | 22 June 1944 Leipzig | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | RC Germania Düsseldorf | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michael Obst (born 22 June 1944) is a German rower who competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1960 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Leipzig. [1] At the 1959 European Rowing Championships in Mâcon, he won gold with the coxed four. [2] In 1960 he was the coxswain of the German boat which won the gold medal in the coxed four event. [1]
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