Steffi Kriegerstein

Steffi Kriegerstein

Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1992-11-03) 3 November 1992 (age 32) Dresden, Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Kanu Club Dresden
Medal record Women's canoe sprint Representing   Germany Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-4 500 m World Championships 2017 Račice K-4 500 m 2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 500 m

Steffi Kriegerstein (born 3 November 1992) is a German canoeist. She competed in the women's K-4 500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics where the team won a silver medal. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

In 2015 she was world champion in the K2 1000 meters in Milan, and won silver and bronze in the K4 2017 and 2018 World Cup. ^[4]

She missed the 2020 Summer Olympics because of a COVID-19 infection, and retired in 2022, age 29, due to the effects of Long COVID. ^[4]

References

1. "Steffi Kriegerstein". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
2. "2016 Summer Olympics Bio-Steffi Kriegerstein – ESPN". ESPN. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
3. "Tom Liebscher und Steffi Kriegerstein buchen dast Olympia-Ticket". Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
4. "Kanu: Steffi Kriegerstein muss ihre Karriere wegen Long Covid beenden". Der Spiegel (in German). 17 August 2022. ISSN   2195-1349 . Retrieved 19 August 2022.

External links

• Steffi Kriegerstein at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)