Roswitha Esser

Roswitha Esser

Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1964 Tokyo	K-2 500 m
	1968 Mexico City	K-2 500 m
World Championships
	1963 Jajce	K-2 500 m
	1970 Copenhagen	K-2 500 m
	1963 Jacje	K-4 500 m
	1966 East Berlin	K-1 500 m
	1966 East Berlin	K-4 500 m
	1971 Belgrade	K-4 500 m
	1970 Copenhagen	K-4 500 m

Roswitha Esser (born 18 January 1941 in Bad Godesberg) is a West German sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K-2 500 m event (1964, 1968).

Esser also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 500 m: 1963, 1970), four silvers (K-1 500 m: 1966, K-4 500 m: 1963, 1966, 1971), and a bronze (K-4 500 m: 1970).

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile