Jürgen Thiele (born 8 August 1959) is a German

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

who competed for

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

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 was born in

Altenburg Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region betw ...

. In 1980 he won the gold medal as crew member of the East German boat in the coxless fours competition.

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* 1959 births Living people Olympic rowers for East Germany Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in rowing East German male rowers Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Altenburg Rowers from Thuringia {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub