Uwe Benter
Benter (cox) at the 1971 European Rowing Championships
Personal information
Born (1955-12-01) 1 December 1955
Frankfurt am Main, West Germany
RelativesLutz Benter (brother)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubHanauer RC Hassia
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  West Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Coxed four
World Rowing Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Lucerne Coxed four
European Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1971 Copenhagen Coxed four

Uwe Benter (born 1 December 1955) is a German coxswain who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1955[1][2] and is the younger brother of Lutz Benter (born 1945), also an Olympic rower.[3] He won a gold medal at the 1971 European Rowing Championships in Copenhagen with the coxed four.[4] At the 1972 Summer Olympics, he was the cox of the West German boat that won the gold medal in the coxed four event.[2] At the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, he won bronze with the coxed four.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Uwe Benter". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Uwe Benter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Lutz Benter". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "(M4+) Men's Coxed Four – Final". 22 August 1971. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. Vierer mit Steuermann – Herren" [Rowing – World Championships. Four with coxswain – Men]. Sport-Komplett.de (in German). Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2018.


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