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Birgit Peter (born 27 January 1964) is a German rower, and double Olympic gold medalist.


Life and career

Peter was born in
Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream o ...
,
East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
. She competed for the
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Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () (''Dynamo Sports Association'') was the sport association of the security agencies (Volkspolizei, Ministry for State Security, fire department and customs) of former East Germany. The association was founded on 27 ...
, and she won medals at various international rowing competitions. In October 1986, she was awarded a
Patriotic Order of Merit The Patriotic Order of Merit (German: ''Vaterländischer Verdienstorden'', or VVO) was a national award granted annually in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was founded in 1954 and was awarded to individuals and institutions for outstanding ...
in gold (first class) for her sporting success. The Olympic gold medal that she won in 1988 in the double sculls teamed up with Martina Schröter was the 500th Olympic medal won by East Germany.


References

1964 births Living people East German female rowers German female rowers Olympic rowers of East Germany Olympic rowers of Germany Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in rowing Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany Sportspeople from Potsdam Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub