Katja Rothe is a rower who competed for East Germany in the 1970s. Rothe is first mentioned in the media when she took out the coxed four title in the junior class at the 1969 East German national championships. Of the 93 races that day, theirs was the closest that any of the five leading boats could have won. Monika Kurtz was the cox of their team; she would become the 1973 European Champion with the coxed quad scull. At the 1974 East German national championships, Rothe came third with the women's eight. The following year, she came second with the women's eight at the national championships. At the 1976 East German national championships, Rothe was part of the coxed four that won the title and she came second with the eight. It was, however, the year that women's rowing was introduced at the Olympic Games and the Olympic team members did not participate at the national championships. At the 1977 East German national championships, Rothe won the coxed four title alongside

Bärbel Bendiks Bärbel Bendiks is a rower who competed for East Germany in the 1970s and early 1980s. Bendiks rowed for SC Berlin-Grünau. At the 1976 East German national championships, Bendiks rowed with the coxed pair and the women's eight; she came first a ...

Marion Rohs Marion Rohs is a rower who competed for East Germany in the 1970s. At the 1976 East German national championships, Rohs teamed up with Vanadies Lippold and they came second in the coxless pair; it was, however, the year that women's rowing was i ...

Ilona Richter Ilona Richter (later Dörfel, born 11 March 1953) is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics, winning gold at both occasions. Richter was born in Neukirchen, Erzgebirgskreis in 1 ...

, and coxswain

Marina Wilke Marina Wilke (later Jährling, born 28 February 1958) is a German rowing cox who competed for East Germany in the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics. Rowing career She was born in Berlin. She competed for . At the 1975 World Rowing Championships ...

. That team went to the

1977 World Rowing Championships The 1977 World Rowing Championships was the 6th World Rowing Championships. The championships were held from 19 to 28 August 1977 on the Bosbaan rowing lake in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Medal summary About 556 rowers from 28 countries competed ...

on the

Bosbaan The Bosbaan is a rowing lake situated in the Amsterdamse Bos (Amsterdam Forest) in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Amstelveen is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands and is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. Confusingly, all built struc ...

rowing lake in the Netherlands where they became world champions. In February 1978, she was given two sports awards: Master of Sport and Honored Master of Sports. At the 1978 East German national championships, Rothe came third with the coxed four and took out the national title with the women's eight.

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* Year of birth missing East German female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany Recipients of the Master of Sport Possibly living people {{Germany-rowing-bio-stub