Uwe Benter

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Born (1955-12-01) 1 December 1955 (age 69)
Frankfurt am Main, West Germany
RelativesLutz Benter (brother)
SportRowing
ClubHanauer RC Hassia
Uwe Benter
Personal information
Born (1955-12-01) 1 December 1955 (age 69)
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 place1972 MunichCoxed four
World Rowing Championships
Bronze medal – third place1974 LucerneCoxed four
European Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place1971 CopenhagenCoxed 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]

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