Kerstin Kowalski (also known as Kerstin El Qalqili, born 25 January 1976 in
Potsdam-Babelsberg
Babelsberg () is the largest quarter (urban subdivision), quarter of Potsdam, the capital city of the Germany, German state of Brandenburg. The neighbourhood is named after a small hill on the Havel river. It is the location of Babelsberg Palace an ...
) is a German rower. At the 2000 Olympics she rowed with her twin sister
Manja. Kowalski was married to fellow rower Iradj El Qalqili, who had proposed to her at the finish line at the 2000 Olympics.
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1976 births
Living people
German female rowers
Sportspeople from Potsdam
Rowers from Brandenburg
Olympic rowers for Germany
Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in rowing
World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
20th-century German sportswomen
21st-century German sportswomen
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