Markus Gier | |||||||
Birth Date: | 1 January 1970 | ||||||
Birth Place: | St. Gallen, Switzerland | ||||||
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Height: | 180 cm | ||||||
Weight: | 75 kg | ||||||
Sport: | Rowing | ||||||
Club: | Seeclub Rorschach |
Markus Gier (born 1 January 1970) is a Swiss competition rower and Olympic champion. He hails from Sankt Gallen.
Gier and his brother Michael won a gold medal in lightweight double sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1] The brothers also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where they finished fifth.
He was in the silver medal-winning lightweight quad scull in Bled in 1989 along with Reto Fierz (bow), Philipp Ferlber (seat 2), and Cirillo Ghielmetti (seat 3).[2]