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Beate Schramm (born 21 June 1966) is a German rower and Olympic gold medallist. Between 1986 and 1991, she won four senior world championship titles, after having previously twice been junior world champion. She won gold at the
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in the quad sculls event for
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, but missed the A final at the
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in the single sculls event when she competed for
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. She was national rowing champion a total of six times; four times in East Germany and twice German champion after the
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.


Early life

Schramm was born in
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, Saxony in 1966; at the time, this was in East Germany.


Rowing career


East Germany

Schramm belonged to the
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and was allowed to train full time. She competed for the
SC Dynamo Berlin The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was the largest sports club of SV Dynamo, the sports association of the security agencies. The club was reformed after German reunification and succe ...
/
Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () (''Dynamo Sports Association'') was the Sports associations (East Germany), sport association of the security agencies (Volkspolizei, Stasi, Ministry for State Security, fire department and customs) of former East ...
. Her first international appearance was at the 1983 World Rowing Junior Championships in
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, France, where she won the junior women's single sculls. She repeated this feat at the subsequent Junior Championships in 1984 in
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, Sweden. She had her first success as a senior at the 1986 World Rowing Championships in
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, United Kingdom, where she and Sylvia Schwabe became world champion in the double sculls. In October 1986, she was awarded a
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in gold (first class) for her sporting success. After a disappointing fifth place at the 1987 World Rowing Championships in
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, Denmark, she terminated her partnership with Schwabe and teamed up with
Kathrin Boron Kathrin Boron (born 4 November 1969) is a German sculler, and four-time Olympic gold medallist. She's an athlete of the SV Dynamo / SG Dynamo Potsdam. Boron won the women's double sculls at the 1992 Summer Olympics with Kerstin Köppen and 20 ...
instead. The double scullers lost their dominant position to the team made of
Birgit Peter Birgit Peter (born 27 January 1964) is a German rower and double Olympic gold medalist. Life and career Peter was born in Potsdam, East Germany. She competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo, and she won medals at var ...
and Martina Schröter, who went on to win the double sculls at the
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in
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, South Korea. For the 1988 Olympics, Schramm instead became a member of the East German quad sculls team with Kerstin Förster, Kristina Mundt, and Jana Sorgers-Rau, and they won Olympic gold in their event. For the
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in
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, Yugoslavia, she teamed up with Sorgers-Rau in the double squad, and they won the gold medal. For the
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in
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, Australia, Schramm once again teamed up with Boron, and they won the world championship. Schramm also competed at the East German rowing championships. In 1983, she came second in the single sculls. In 1984, she came third in the coxed quad sculls (in subsequent years, the quad sculls were held as a coxless event). In 1985, she came second in both the single sculls and the quad sculls. In 1986, she won her first national championship (in the double sculls with Sylvia Schwabe), and she came second in both the single sculls and the quad sculls. In 1987, she came third in the quad sculls. She gained her second national title in 1988 (in the quad sculls) and also came second in the double sculls. She was national champion in the double sculls in both 1989 (with Jana Sorgers) and 1990 (with Kathrin Boron), and was also second in 1990 in the quad sculls. In total, she was thus East German national rowing champion four times. Schramm was twice awarded
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for her international rowing successes; first in 1986 and then in 1988.


Germany

The same team won the subsequent World Championships in 1991 in
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, Austria, but this time they represented Germany, as the
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had occurred in the meantime. At the
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in
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, Spain, Schramm competed in the single sculls event. She came fourth in the semi-final, with only the first three progressing to the A final, but was more than 16 seconds behind the third-placed rower and opted not to start in the B final. Schramm continued to contest national championships after the reunification. In 1991, she was national champion in the double sculls (with Kathrin Boron) and in 1992, she was first in the single sculls.


Post-rowing career

With the reunification of Germany, Schramm lost her army privileges and took on a half-time role as an economist with the
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of the
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of
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. From 2004 to 2005, she was running the restaurant of the rowing club in
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. As of 2007, she worked as a criminal officer for the Police.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schramm, Beate 1966 births Living people People from Leisnig Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic rowers for East Germany Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Germany Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing East German female rowers German female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany Rowers from Saxony