Gisela Medefindt (later Bodis; born 16 March 1957) is a German rower. At the 1978 East German national championships, she competed in

single scull A single scull (or a scull) is a rowing boat designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to minimi ...

and came second. Röpke travelled as a reserve to the

1978 World Rowing Championships Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

in New Zealand but did not compete. She competed in the heat of the coxed quadruple sculls at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. As a competitor in the heat, she is considered one of the gold medallists.

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1957 births Living people People from Burg bei Magdeburg East German female rowers Olympic rowers for East Germany Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Rowers from Saxony-Anhalt {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub