Pia Greiten

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Pia Greiten
Personal information
Born18 February 1997 (1997-02-18) (age 27) [1]
Ostercappeln, Lower Saxony, Germany
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Quad sculls
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Szeged Quad sculls

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.

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Career

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]

Personal life

She is from Ostercappeln in Lower Saxony. [7] She studied engineering at the University of Bochum. [8]

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References

  1. "Pia Greiten". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  2. Büscher, Moritz (30 April 2024). "Two ORV athletes in the European Championship final: This is how the races went for Paul Leerkamp and Pia Greiten" . Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  3. Kloo, Andreas (28 April 2024). "THIRD EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD: OLIVER ZEIDLER ROWS INTO FAVOURITE ROLE FOR PARIS 2024". Olympics.com.
  4. "Olympic debut for rower Pia Greiten". ndr.de. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  5. Büscher, Moritz (29 July 2024). ""I had goosebumps": Pia Greiten from Osnabrück is in the Olympic final". noz.de. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  6. Ames, Nick (31 July 2024). "Team GB's women's quad boat roars back in rousing finish for stunning rowing gold". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  7. "Pia Greiten from Ostercappeln rows in the Olympic final today". osradio.de. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
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