Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski

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Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski ({{nee}} Rutschow, born 2 April 1975 in Waren (Müritz)) is a German rower and two-time Olympic gold medalist.

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 with fellow Germans, Jana Sorgers, Kerstin Köppen and Kathrin Boron.

Rutschow married Bernhard Stomporowski, a lightweight men's world championship medallist, in December 1999 and afterwards competed as Rutschow-Stomporowski.{{Cite sports-reference |title = Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/katrin-rutschow-stomporowski-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417222642/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/katrin-rutschow-stomporowski-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 3 October 2017 }}

In 1999, she won the Princess Royal Challenge Cup (the premier women's singles sculls event) at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for RC Wannsee Berlin.{{cite web|url=https://www.hrr.co.uk/results/?result-page=1&trophy=the-diamond-challenge-sculls |title=Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners |website=Henley Royal Regatta |access-date=5 August 2024}}

Rutschow-Stomporowski won a second Olympic gold medal in the single sculls at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, deposing defending champion Ekaterina Karsten.

References

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External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070302015824/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RUTSCKAT01 Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski] at DatabaseOlympics

Category:1975 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Waren (Müritz)

Category:Sportspeople from Bezirk Neubrandenburg

Category:German female rowers

Category:Rowers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Category:Olympic rowers for Germany

Category:Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Category:Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic medalists in rowing

Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics