Hans Maier (rower)
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Hans Maier was a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 rower
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 who competed in two Olympic games
Olympic Games
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 in 1932 and 1936. In Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, he won a silver medal, along with Karl Aletter
Karl Aletter
Karl Aletter was a German rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he was part of the German boat which placed fifth after being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the eights event.Four years later he won the silver medal as member of the German boat...

, Walter Flinsch
Walter Flinsch
Walter Flinsch was a German rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he was eliminated in the first repechage round of the single sculls event....

 and Ernst Gaber
Ernst Gaber
Ernst Gaber was a German rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1932 Summer Olympics, and in the 1936 Summer Olympics....

 in the coxless four. In Berlin
Berlin
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, he won a gold medal, along with Paul Söllner
Paul Söllner
Paul Söllner was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Davos and died in Murnau am Staffelsee....

, Walter Volle
Walter Volle
Walter Volle was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Mannheim and died in Berlin.In 1936 he won the gold medal as member of the German boat in the coxed fours competition....

, Fritz Bauer
Fritz Bauer (rower)
Fritz Bauer was a German rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1932 Summer Olympics, and in the 1936 Summer Olympics....

 and Ernst Gaber
Ernst Gaber
Ernst Gaber was a German rower who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, in the 1932 Summer Olympics, and in the 1936 Summer Olympics....

in the coxed four.

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