Carola Zirzow (born 15 September 1954, in

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) is an

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who competed in the mid-1970s. She won two medals at the

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with a gold in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events. Zirzow also won three gold medals at the

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with one in the K-2 500 m event (

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) and two in the K-4 500 m (

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

, 1975).

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