Rainer Borkowsky
West German coxswain
About Rainer Borkowsky
Born 1942. Rainer Borkowsky is a German coxswain.
Rainer Borkowsky (born 19 October 1942) is a German rowing coxswain who competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Borkowsky was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1942. At the 1956 European Rowing Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia, he won a gold medal in the coxed pair with rowers Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck and Horst Arndt. The same team went to the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where they won the silver medal in this boat class. At the 1957 European Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany, they again won a gold medal.
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Who is Rainer Borkowsky?
West German coxswain
When was Rainer Borkowsky born?
Rainer Borkowsky was born on 18 October 1942 in Frankfurt.
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Rainer Borkowsky is a coxswain.
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Rainer Borkowsky is German.
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