Kathrin Boron

Kathrin Boron
Personal information
Born November 4, 1969 (1969-11-04) (age 46)
Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
Medal record
Women's rowing
Olympic Games
Competitor for  Germany
1992 Barcelona Double sculls
1996 Atlanta Quad sculls
2000 Sydney Double sculls
2004 Athens Quad sculls
2008 Beijing Quad sculls
World Rowing Championships
Competitor for  East Germany
1989 Bled Quad sculls
1990 Tasmania Double sculls
Competitor for  Germany
1991 Vienna Double sculls
1997 Aiguebelette Double sculls
1997 Aiguebelette Quad sculls
1998 Cologne Quad sculls
1999 St. Catharines Double sculls
2001 Lucerne Double sculls
1993 Račice Double sculls
1994 Indianapolis Single sculls
2003 Milan Double sculls
2005 Gifu Quad sculls
2007 Munich Quad sculls

Kathrin Boron (born November 4, 1969 in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany) is a German sculler, and four-time Olympic gold medalist. She's an athlete of the SV Dynamo/ SG Dynamo Potsdam.[1]

Boron won the women's double sculls at the 1992 Summer Olympics with Kerstin Köppen and 2000 Summer Olympics with Jana Thieme, and the women's quad sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she finished third in the quad sculls. In addition, Boron has won seven World Championship Gold Medals and five Silver, starting with Gold in the Double Sculls at Tasmania in 1990.

Boron was honoured for her outstanding career in rowing with the 2009 Thomas Keller Medal.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sportstudio.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/27/0,1872,7269979,00.html
  2. ↑ http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324652&pageid=93

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