Josefa Köster (16 June 1918 – 17 April 2011) was a
West German
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s. She finished eighth in the
K-1 500 m event at the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
in
Helsinki
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References
Josefa Köster's profile at Sports Reference.com
1918 births
2011 deaths
Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
West German female canoeists
Olympic canoeists of West Germany
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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