Peggy Waleska

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Peggy Waleska
Personal information
Born (1980-04-11) 11 April 1980 (age 45)
Pirna, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Weight69 kg (152 lb) [1]
Sport
SportRowing
Club Pirnaer Ruderverein 1872
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens Double sculls
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Lucerne Women's quad
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Seville Women's quad
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Milan Quad Sculls
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Poznan Quad Sculls

Peggy Waleska (born 11 April 1980) is a German rower.

Waleska was born in 1980 in Pirna, a town in Saxony. [1] She is a world champion rower who won a gold medal in the women's quadruple sculls in Lucerne, Switzerland, in 2001 and successfully defended the title in Seville, Spain, in 2002.

At the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, Waleska won a silver medal in the women's double sculls event. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peggy Waleska". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. "Peggy Waleska". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 29 October 2017.