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Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski

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Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, born Katrin Rutschow on 2 April 1975 in Waren (Müritz), is a German rower and a two-time Olympic gold medallist. In both 1994 and 1995 she won the world championship gold medal in the quadruple sculls, and she was part of the gold-winning German quadruple scull that included Jana Sorgers, Kerstin Köppen and Kathrin Boron. She married the lightweight world championship medallist Bernhard Stomporowski in December 1999 and afterwards raced under the double surname. In 1999 she won the Princess Royal Challenge Cup, the premier women's singles sculls event, at Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for RC Wannsee Berlin, and in 2004 she won her second Olympic gold in the single sculls at Athens, deposing the defending champion Ekaterina Karsten.

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1975 1
Gender
Female 1
Medals or Titles Band
2-4 1
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is a German rower and two-time Olympic gold medalist
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1. Olympedia: Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski - Olympedia
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  • Biographical information
    Born 2 April 1975 in Waren, Müritz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GER
  • Biographical information, sex
    Sex Female
  • Medals
    Total 3
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    is a German rower and two-time Olympic gold medalist
  • Competed In: 2004 Summer Olympics, Biography, 2004 Olympics
    Rutschow-Stomporowski won a second Olympic gold medal in the single sculls at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens
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