Swiss rower
Markus Gier
Born (1970-01-01 ) 1 January 1970 (age 54) St. Gallen , SwitzerlandHeight 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) Weight 75 kg (165 lb) Relatives Michael Gier (brother)
Sport Rowing Club Seeclub Rorschach
Markus Gier (born 1 January 1970) is a Swiss competition rower and Olympic champion. He hails from Sankt Gallen .
Gier and his brother Michael won a gold medal in lightweight double sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics .[ 1] The brothers also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where they finished fifth.[ 1]
He was in the silver medal-winning lightweight quad scull in Bled in 1989 along with Reto Fierz (bow), Philipp Ferlber (seat 2), and Cirillo Ghielmetti (seat 3).[ 2]
References
FISA championships Official world championships
1985 : (Luc Crispon , Thierry Renault )
1986 : (Luc Crispon , Thierry Renault )
1987 : (Enrico Gandola , Giovanni Calabrese )
1988 : (Enrico Gandola , Francesco Esposito )
1989 : (Christoph Schmölzer , Walter Rantasa )
1990 : (Robert Dreher , Stephen Peterson )
1991 : (Michael Buchheit , Kai von Warburg )
1992 : (Gary Lynagh , Bruce Hick )
1993 : (Bruce Hick , Gary Lynagh )
1994 : (Michelangelo Crispi , Francesco Esposito )
1995 : (Markus Gier , Michael Gier )
1997 : (Tomasz Kucharski , Robert Sycz )
1998 : (Tomasz Kucharski , Robert Sycz )
1999 : (Michelangelo Crispi , Leonardo Pettinari )
2001 : (Elia Luini , Leonardo Pettinari )
2002 : (Elia Luini , Leonardo Pettinari )
2003 : (Elia Luini , Leonardo Pettinari )
2005 : (Zsolt Hirling , Tamás Varga )
2006 : (Mads Rasmussen , Rasmus Quist Hansen )
2007 : (Mads Rasmussen , Rasmus Quist Hansen )
2009 : (Storm Uru , Peter Taylor )
2010 : (Zac Purchase , Mark Hunter )
2011 : (Zac Purchase , Mark Hunter )
2013 : (Kristoffer Brun , Are Strandli )
2014 : (James Thompson , John Smith )
2015 : (Stany Delayre , Jérémie Azou )
2017 : (Pierre Houin , Jérémie Azou )
2018 : (Gary O'Donovan , Paul O'Donovan )
2019 : (Fintan McCarthy , Paul O'Donovan )
2022 : (Fintan McCarthy , Paul O'Donovan )
2023 : (Fintan McCarthy , Paul O'Donovan )