Sarah Poewe (born 3 March 1983) is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer who has competed internationally for both South Africa and Germany. Poewe was born in Cape Town, South Africa, the daughter of Lorrain (née Stoch) and Reinhardt Poewe. She lives in

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, Germany. Her mother is from a Jewish family in South Africa, and her father is German. At the age of 14, she made her international debut at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships. Poewe was the voted the Best Female Swimmer in the 1998 Junior Olympics in Moscow. She won the Hungarian National Championships in 100-meter breaststroke 23 June 1999. When she was 17, Poewe competed for the South African swimming team in three events at the 2000 Olympic Games, and finished in fourth place in the women's 100 m breaststroke. In 2001, Poewe won the South African National Championships in the 100-meter breaststroke. At the 2001 World Championships, Poewe finished fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke. Poewe represented Germany in the 2004 Olympics, where she was part of the team that won the bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 m medley. She also represented Germany at the

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and 2012 Summer Olympics. In Beijing 2008, she swam in the 100m and 200m breaststroke and the medley but didn't medal in any race. In London 2012, Poewe swam in the 100m breaststroke and the medley, and again didn't medal in either race. She placed 9th in the medleys for the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

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Living people 1983 births African Games medalists in swimming African Games silver medalists for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Competitors at the 1999 All-Africa Games European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Female breaststroke swimmers Georgia Bulldogs women's swimmers German female swimmers Jewish South African sportspeople Jewish swimmers Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers of Germany Olympic swimmers of South Africa Recipients of the Order of Merit of Berlin South African expatriate sportspeople in Germany South African female swimmers South African people of German descent Sportspeople from Cape Town Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{SouthAfrica-swimming-bio-stub

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