Kerstin Köppen
Appearance
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Women's rowing | ||
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World Rowing Championships | ||
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1990 Tasmania | Quad sculls |
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Olympic Games | ||
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1992 Barcelona | Double sculls |
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1996 Atlanta | Quadruple sculls |
World Rowing Championships | ||
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1991 Vienna | Quadruple Sculls |
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1994 Indianapolis | Quadruple Sculls |
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1995 Tampere | Quadruple Sculls |
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1997 Aiguebelette | Quadruple Sculls |
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1993 Racice | Double Sculls |
Kerstin Köppen (later Köppen-Kosbab[1] now Holtmeyer, born 24 November 1967 in Rathenow, Bezirk Potsdam) is a German former rower and Olympic champion. She is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, winning in 1992 and 1996.[2] In addition, she has also won 5 Gold Medals in the Quadruple Sculls event at the World Championships beginning with Lake Barrington, Tasmania in 1990 whilst representing the former East Germany and a further four times for the re-unified Germany. She is married to Ralf Holtmeyer who coaches the German eight.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Hoffmann, Wilfried. "Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften seit 1962: Deutsche Medaillenerfolge – Gold, Silber und Bronze" [Rowing World Championships since 1962: German medal series – gold, silver and bronze] (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ "Olympic medals won by Kerstin Köppen". ABC Online. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
- ^ Kehl, Peter (9 December 2012). "Bewegende Momente im Goldsaal" [Moving moments in the gold hall]. Westfälische Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 3 December 2018.
Categories:
- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Rathenow
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Potsdam
- German female rowers
- Rowers from Brandenburg
- Olympic rowers for Germany
- Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany
- Thomas Keller Medal recipients
- Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf
- 20th-century German women
- East German female rowers
- German rowing biography stubs