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Ramona Portwich

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Ramona Portwich
Personal information
Born (1967-01-05) 5 January 1967 (age 57)
Rostock, East Germany
Sport
SportKayaking
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta K-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Duisburg K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1989 Plovdiv K-2 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 1990 Poznań K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1990 Poznań K-2 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 1990 Poznań K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1991 Paris K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1991 Paris K-2 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 1991 Paris K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1993 Copenhagen K-2 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 1993 Copenhagen K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1994 Mexico City K-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1995 Duisburg K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1995 Duisburg K-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1994 Mexico City K-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1995 Duisburg K-4 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Copenhagen K-2 500 m

Ramona Portwich (born 5 January 1967 in Rostock) is an East German-German canoe sprinter and marathon canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won five medals with three golds (K-2 500 m: 1992, K-4 500 m: 1998, 1996) and two silvers (K-2 500 m: 1992, K-4 500 m: 1996).

Portwich also won sixteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with thirteen golds (K-2 500 m: 1990, 1991, 1995; K-2 5000 m: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993; K-4 500 m: 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995), two silvers (K-4 200 m: 1994, 1995), and a bronze (K-2 500 m: 1993).

References

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  • DatabaseOlympics.com profile
  • Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
  • Ramona Portwich at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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