Frank Forberger
- September 30, 1998
- 55 years
- brain cancer
About Frank Forberger
Frank Forberger, 55, East German rower and Olympic champion (1968, 1972), brain cancer.
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|Frank Forberger (5 March 1943 – 30 September 1998) was a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
He was born and died in Meißen. In 1968 he was the bowman of the East German boat which won the gold medal in the coxless fours event. Four years later he won his second gold medal as bowman of the East German boat in the coxless fours event.
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