Jörn Borowski (born 15 January 1959, in

Rostock Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (), is the largest city in the German States of Germany, state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the sta ...

) is 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'' ...

who competed in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. He is the son of Olympic medalist Paul Borowski.

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1959 births Living people German male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for East Germany East German male sailors (sport) Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – 470 Sportspeople from Rostock Sailors (sport) from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania World champions in sailing for Germany 470 class world champions {{Germany-yachtracing-bio-stub