Steffen Zühlke is a German

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who won one bronze

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medal in the single sculls during the

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as well as one more in the World Rowing Cup II in

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. Furthermore, he participated in the

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in 1983 where he won a silver medal at the age of 18. Zühlke is currently living in

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, Germany.

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External links

World Rowing Website

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LLC 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Schwerin Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic rowers of East Germany Olympic medalists in rowing East German male rowers Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub