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and Olympic champion. She is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, winning in 1992 and 1996. In addition, she has also won 5 Gold Medals in the Quadruple Sculls event at the World Championships beginning with Lake Barrington,

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in 1990 whilst representing the former East Germany and a further four times for the re-unified Germany. She is married to Ralf Holtmeyer who coaches the German eight.

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1967 births Living people People from Rathenow People from Bezirk Potsdam German female rowers Sportspeople from Brandenburg Olympic rowers of Germany Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany Thomas Keller Medal recipients Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf 20th-century German women {{Germany-rowing-bio-stub