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| Born | 18 February 1997 (age 27) [1] Ostercappeln, Lower Saxony, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Pia Greiten (born 18 February 1997) is a German rower. She competed in the women's quadruple sculls event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal with the German team.
She won bronze at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in the women's quadruple sculls in Szeged. [2] [3]
She was selected for her Olympic debut to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the women's quadruple sculls. [4] Her German boat proceeded through the preliminary heats and won bronze in the final on 31 July 2024. [5] [6]
She is from Ostercappeln in Lower Saxony. [7] She studied engineering at the University of Bochum. [8]
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