 Wenzel in 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 27 February 1961 Leipzig, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Rainer Strohbach (div) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC DHfK, Leipzig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kirsten Wenzel (later Strohbach, born 27 February 1961) is a rowing cox who represented East Germany.
Wenzel was born in 1961 in Leipzig. [1] She started for SC DHfK Leipzig and won gold at the 1975 Spartakiad in the coxed quad scull. [2] At the 1978 World Rowing Championships on Lake Karapiro in New Zealand, she became world champion with the coxed four team. In the same boat class but with different rowers, she won silver at the 1979 World Rowing Championships at Bled, Yugoslavia. [3]
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Wenzel won gold with the coxed four. [1] At the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich, she won silver with the coxed four. At the 1982 World Rowing Championships on the Rotsee in Switzerland she coxed the women's eight to bronze. [3] She competed at the 1983 World Rowing Championships under her married name Strohbach [2] and won a final bronze medal with the women's eight before she retired. [4]
On 18 December 1982, Wenzel married Olympic swimmer Rainer Strohbach at the town hall of Pankow. [5] She studied to become a teacher and taught at high schools in Berlin. She later divorced Strohbach. [2]
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