Edith Eckbauer (later Edith Baumann; born 27 October 1949) is a German

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who competed for

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in the

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. Eckbauer was born in 1949 in

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. In 1976 she and her partner

Thea Einöder Thea Einöder (later Dr. Thea Straube, born 8 June 1951) is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Einöder was born in Regensburg in 1951. In 1976 she and her partner Edith Eckbauer Edith Eckbauer (later ...

won the bronze medal in the coxless pair event.

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