Carola Zirzow

Carola Zirzow

Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	K-1 500 m
	1976 Montreal	K-2 500 m
World Championships
	1974 Mexico City	K-4 500 m
	1975 Belgrade	K-2 500 m
	1975 Belgrade	K-4 500 m

Bärbel Köster und Carola Zirzow (right) while training in Montreal, 1976.

Carola Zirzow (born 15 September 1954 in Prenzlau) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s. She won two medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a gold in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events.

Zirzow also won three gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one in the K-2 500 m event (1975) and two in the K-4 500 m (1974, 1975).

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