Gerz was born in
Munich. Teaming with skipper
Patrick Follmann in the opening series, the German duo recorded a score of 105 net points to establish a 13th-place finish in a fleet of 27 boats. He also obtained a career best result with a single victory for the German squad at the 2012
Kiel Week regatta in
Kiel. As of September 2014, Gerz is ranked no. 13 in the world for two-person
dinghy class by the
International Sailing Federation. Coming from a sporting pedigree, Gerz is the son of legendary sailor and 1983 world champion
Wolfgang Gerz, who finished 5th under the former West German sailing team in the
Finn class at the
1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. ==References==