Reinhard Gust was an East German rower who was a member of the coxed fours crew that won the silver medal at the 1972 München Olympics. The boat lost the gold medal against the famous West German boat called Bullenvierer (Bull’s fours). In 1970 Gust won the gold medal at the Worlds with the coxed eights and in 1971 a silver medal at the Europeans. In 1973 he claimed another silver medal at the Europeans in the coxed fours.
Gust married his teammate Sabine Jahn, but they later got divorced. He studied state sciences and became an employee at the Deutsche Volkspolizei (German People’s Police). After re-unification Gust worked as a tax consultant.
East Germany