Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski
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Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski ( Rutschow, born 2 April 1975 in
Waren (Müritz) Waren (Müritz) (; also Waren an der Müritz) is a town and Luftkurort, climatic spa in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was the capital of the former district of Müritz (district), Müritz (''Kreis Müritz'') until the distric ...
) is a German
rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...
and two-time
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ist.


Biography

In both 1994 and 1995 Rutschow won the world championships gold medal in the quadruple sculls and was part of the gold medal winning team that won the
Women's quadruple sculls A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated as a 4x, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four people who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, or "sculls", one in each han ...
with fellow Germans,
Jana Sorgers Jana Sorgers (married name Jana Sorgers-Rau, born 4 August 1967) is a German rower who was a dominant sculler of her time, starting her career for the East German rowing team and continuing after the German reunification for the combined Germa ...
,
Kerstin Köppen Kerstin Köppen (later Köppen-Kosbab now Holtmeyer, born 24 November 1967 in Rathenow, Bezirk Potsdam) is a German former rower and Olympic champion. She is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, winning in 1992 and 1996. In addition, she has also ...
and
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 ...
. Rutschow married Bernhard Stomporowski, a lightweight men's world championship medallist, in December 1999 and afterwards competed as Rutschow-Stomporowski. In 1999, she won the
Princess Royal Challenge Cup The Princess Royal Challenge Cup is a rowing event for women's single sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames ( ) is a town status in the United Kingdom, town and Civil parishes in ...
(the premier women's singles sculls event) at the
Henley Royal Regatta Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a Rowing (sport), rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It diffe ...
, rowing for RC Wannsee Berlin. Rutschow-Stomporowski won a second Olympic gold medal in the single sculls at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, deposing defending champion
Ekaterina Karsten Ekaterina Karsten (née Khadatovich, Хадатовіч; , ''Kaciaryna Karsten''; ; born 2 June 1972) is a Belarusian rower, a seven-time Olympian and the first medalist from the Republic of Belarus, a two-time Olympic champion and six-time Wor ...
.


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