Carola Zirzow
{{Short description|East German canoeist (born 1954)}}
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{{MedalTableTop|Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R0714-105, Montreal, Sommerolympiade, DDR- Kanutinnen.jpg|300px|Bärbel Köster (left) and Carola Zirzow (right) while training in Montreal, 1976.}}
{{MedalSport|Women's canoe sprint}}
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{{MedalGold|1976 Montreal|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalBronze|1976 Montreal|K-2 500 m}}
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{{MedalGold|1974 Mexico City|K-4 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|1975 Belgrade|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|1975 Belgrade|K-4 500 m}}
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Carola Zirzow (born 15 September 1954, in Prenzlau) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s. She won two medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a gold in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events.{{Citation | url=https://www.olympic.org/carola-zirzow| title=Carola ZIRZOW - Olympic Canoe Sprint| newspaper=International Olympic Committee| date= 2016-06-12| accessdate=2019-01-18}}
Zirzow also won three gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one in the K-2 500 m event (1975) and two in the K-4 500 m (1974, 1975).
References
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- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2010-01-05 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 }}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-11-09 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}}
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zi/carola-zirzow-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000747/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zi/carola-zirzow-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Carola Zirzow}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Prenzlau
Category:Canoeists from Brandenburg
Category:Sportspeople from Bezirk Neubrandenburg
Category:East German female canoeists
Category:Olympic canoeists for East Germany
Category:Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing
Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
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