Ekaterina Karsten

Ekaterina Karsten is a Belarusian single sculler, born in 1972 under the name Khadatovich, who competed at seven Olympic Games and was the first medallist from the Republic of Belarus. She won a bronze in the quadruple sculls for the Unified Team at Barcelona in 1992, then Olympic gold in the single sculls at Atlanta in 1996 and again at Sydney in 2000, by one hundredth of a second, followed by silver at Athens in 2004 and bronze at Beijing in 2008. She won six world championship titles in the single scull between 1997 and 2009, the Princess Royal Challenge Cup at Henley in 2001, and the European title in 2009 and 2010.