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Rainer Borkowsky

Rainer Borkowsky is a German rowing coxswain who competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics.

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Rainer Borkowsky
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Born (1942-10-19) 19 October 1942
Frankfurt, Germany
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ClubRG Wiesbaden-Biebrich 1888

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 1942.1 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.2 The same team went to the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where they won the silver medal in this boat class.1 At the 1957 European Rowing Championships in Duisburg, Germany, they again won a gold medal.2

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  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rainer Borkowsky". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  2. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Zweier m. Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 4 March 2018.