Frank Forberger

{{short description|East German rower}}

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| name = Frank Forberger

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J0720-0007-001, F. Ferberger (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Frank Forberger after the national championship in Brandenburg 1970

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|3|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Meißen, Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|9|30|1943|3|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Meißen, Germany

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| sport = Rowing

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{{MedalSport | Men's rowing }}

{{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1968 Mexico City | Coxless four }}

{{MedalGold | 1972 Munich | Coxless four }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1966 Bled | Coxless four }}

{{MedalGold | 1970 St. Catharines | Coxless four }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Rowing Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1967 Vichy | Coxless four }}

{{MedalGold | 1971 Copenhagen | Coxless four }}

{{MedalSilver | 1969 Klagenfurt | Coxless pair}}

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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.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/frank-forberger-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013183501/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/frank-forberger-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 October 2012}}

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.

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H0722-0206-003, Dieter Grahn, Frank Forberger.jpg (left) and Frank Forberger]]

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