Lisa Schmidla (born 5 June 1991, in

Krefeld Krefeld ( , ; li, Krieëvel ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, i ...

) is a German

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

. She won a total of three gold medals at the World U23 Championships. At the

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, she competed in women's quadruple sculls competition in which the German team won the gold medal.

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* 1991 births Living people German female rowers Sportspeople from Krefeld Rowers from North Rhine-Westphalia Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic rowers for Germany Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Germany {{Germany-rowing-bio-stub