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Jana Thieme (born 6 July 1970) is a German rower and Olympic champion.
Thieme travelled to Barcelona for the 1992 Summer Olympics as a substitute but did not compete. [1] She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [2] She won a gold medal in double sculls with her partner Kathrin Boron at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. [3]
Thieme has won six World Championships and nine German Championships. [4]
Kathrin Boron is a German sculler, and four-time Olympic gold medallist. She's an athlete of the SV Dynamo / SG Dynamo Potsdam.
Jana Henke is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 800 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She competed in three Summer Olympics for her native country.
Katrin Kauschke is a former field hockey midfield player from Germany.
Beate Schramm is a German rower and Olympic gold medallist. Between 1986 and 1991, she won four senior world championship titles, after having previously twice been junior world champion. She won gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in the quad sculls event for East Germany, but missed the A final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the single sculls event when she competed for Germany. She was national rowing champion a total of six times; four times in East Germany and twice German champion after the reunification.
Jana Sorgers is a German rower who was a dominant sculler of her time, starting her career for the East German rowing team and continuing after the German reunification for the combined Germany for a few more years. Between 1986 and 1996, she won two Olympic gold medals, seven world championship titles, and nine national titles. Upon the conclusion of her successful career, she was awarded the Thomas Keller Medal by the International Rowing Federation (FISA) – the highest honour in rowing.
Jutta Lau is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. She won the medals at the international rowing competitions.
Lesley Allison Thompson-Willie is a Canadian rowing coxswain and Olympic champion. Between 1984 and 2016, she has competed at eight Olympic Games, a record for a rower, winning medals in five of them including gold in the eight at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Jennifer Margaret Armstrong is an Olympic sailor from New Zealand. After competing for her native country at the 1992 Olympics, she moved to Australia in 1996 and won a historic sailing gold for her adopted country at the 2000 Olympics.
Harald Jährling was a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Viola Poley is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Roswietha Zobelt is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Ilona Richter is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics, winning gold at both occasions.
Marina Wilke is a German rowing cox who competed for East Germany in the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics.
Petra Boesler is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Rodica Arba is a retired Romanian rower. She competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won two gold, one silver, and one bronze medal. At the world championships she won four gold, one silver and two bronze medals between 1981 and 1987, mostly in coxless pairs.
Kirsten Wenzel is a rowing cox who represented East Germany.
Michael Jackel, or Mike Jackel is a Canadian–German former professional basketball player. At a height of 6’7" tall, he played at the small forward position. He was the first player to score more than 10,000 points in Germany's top-tier level Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), and he is also that same league's all-time career scoring leader. As a member of the senior men's German national team, Jackel won the gold medal at the 1993 FIBA EuroBasket.
Judi St. Hilaire is an American former middle and long-distance runner. She won a silver medal at the 1985 World 15 km Road Race Championships and finished eighth in the 10,000 meters final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. She won the 1980 U.S. 10,000m title and the 1983 U.S. 5000m title.
Christof Kreuziger is a German rower. He won gold medals for East Germany at the 1973 European Rowing Championships and the 1974 World Rowing Championships in double scull, and at the 1975 World Rowing Championships in quad scull.
Marlies Ray is a retired sport shooter from East Germany. She was twice world champion.
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