Jump to content

Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski

Rutschow-Stomporowski in 2012
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Quad sculls
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Single sculls
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Indianapolis Quad Sculls
Gold medal – first place 1995 Tampere Quad Sculls

Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski (née Rutschow, born 2 April 1975 in Waren (Müritz)) is a German rower and two-time Olympic gold medalist.

Biography

[edit]

In both 1994 and 1995 Rutschow won the world championships gold medal in the quadruple sculls and was part of the gold medal winning team that won the Women's quadruple sculls with fellow Germans, Jana Sorgers, Kerstin Köppen and Kathrin Boron.

Rutschow married Bernhard Stomporowski, a lightweight men's world championship medallist, in December 1999 and afterwards competed as Rutschow-Stomporowski.[1]

In 1999, she won the Princess Royal Challenge Cup (the premier women's singles sculls event) at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for RC Wannsee Berlin.[2]

Rutschow-Stomporowski won a second Olympic gold medal in the single sculls at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, deposing defending champion Ekaterina Karsten.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
[edit]
Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about a rowing Olympic medalist for Germany is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katrin_Rutschow-Stomporowski&oldid=1265333092"