Georg Nowka (7 November 1910 – 29 September 1997) was a German

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

. He competed for

Germany at the 1952 Summer Olympics Germany competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 205 competitors, 173 men and 32 women, took part in 123 events in 18 sports. Germany had not been invited to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain because of their rol ...

and won a bronze medal in the '' Dragon Class'' with Theodor Thomsen and Erich Natusch. He also competed for the

United Team of Germany The United Team of Germany () was a combined team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany that competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympic Games, Winter and Summer Olympic Games. In 1956, the team also included athletes from a third ...

at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

References

* 1910 births 1997 deaths German male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Dragon Olympic sailors for the United Team of Germany Sailors at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors (sport) from Kiel 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-yachtracing-bio-stub