Roswitha Esser is a German sprint canoeist, born on 18 January 1941 in Bad Godesberg, who won two Olympic gold medals in the women's K2 500 metres. She paddled with her teammate Annemarie Zimmermann at the 1964 Tokyo Games, where the pair represented the combined German team, and again at the 1968 Mexico City Games, where they raced for West Germany. In 1972 she returned with a new partner, Renate Breuer, and finished fifth. Esser also won world championship gold in the K2 in 1963 and 1970, took a K1 silver in 1966 and several K4 medals, and added European Championship medals in 1963, 1965, 1969. She and Zimmermann received the Silver Bay Leaf in 1964 and were elected Sportswomen of the Year. Esser also won West German national titles in the K1 and K2.
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Born 18 January 1941 in Bad Godesberg, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER)
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In 1966 she added a silver medal in the K1, winning three silvers in K4 in 1963, 1966, and 1971, also adding a K4 bronze in 1970.
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Sprint canoeist Roswitha Esser won two gold medals in the K2 at the 1964 Tokyo and the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, alongside her teammate Annemarie Zimmermann .
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In 1972 Esser came back with her new partner Renate Breuer and finished fifth at the Olympics.
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