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Thea Einöder (later Dr. Thea Straube, born 8 June 1951) 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 ...
who competed for
West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...
in the
1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...
. Einöder was born in
Regensburg Regensburg (historically known in English as Ratisbon) is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the rivers Danube, Naab and Regen (river), Regen, Danube's northernmost point. It is the capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the ...
in 1951. In 1976 she and her partner Edith Eckbauer won the bronze medal in the coxless pair event.


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1951 births Living people Olympic rowers for West Germany Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Olympic medalists in rowing West German female rowers Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for West Germany Rowers from Bavaria Sportspeople from Regensburg {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub