Gabriele Mehl (born 25 February 1967, in

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) is a former German rower. She won a bronze medal at the

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in 1992.

Career

Mehl was Member of the rowing club "am Baldeneysee" in

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. In 1987 and 1988 she and Meike Holländer formed a

coxless pair A coxless pair, abbreviated as a 2- and also known as a straight pair, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars. The crew consists of a pair of rowers, each ...

team at the German Championship and scored second. At the World Championship in 1987 the team started as part of an

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and scored fifth. In 1990, Mehl and Holländer participated as a

coxless four A coxless four, abbreviated as a 4- and also called a straight four, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four ...

team with

Cerstin Petersmann Cerstin Petersmann (born 27 November 1964 in Dortmund Dortmund (; ; ) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the List of cities in Germany by population, ninth-largest city in Germa ...

and Sylvia Drödelmann. After their victory at the German Championships they scored second at the World Championships in

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. After the

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in 1990 the rowing clubs of western and eastern Germany united. As a newly formed coxless four team, Gabriele Mehl, Cerstin Petersmann,

Judith Zeidler Judith Ungemach ( Zeidler, born 11 May 1968) is a German-Australian world champion rower and Olympic gold and bronze medalist. Early life and education Zeidler was born in Beeskow, Brandenburg. She started rowing at the age of thirteen at the ...

and Kathrin Haaker won the German Championship and scored third at the World Championship. In 1992, Gabriele Mehl was member of a coxless four with Antje Frank,

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and Annette Hohn at the Olympic Games 1992. They scored third, arriving after both the Canadian and the American team.

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Gabriele Mehl
(database of Sports-Reference)

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mehl, Gabriele 1967 births Living people Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic rowers for West Germany Olympic rowers for Germany Olympic medalists in rowing West German female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for West Germany World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers from Rhineland-Palatinate

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