Birgit Peter (born 27 January 1964) is a German rower and double Olympic gold medalist.
Life and career
Peter was born in
Potsdam
Potsdam () is the capital and largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the Havel, River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...
,
East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
. She competed for the
SG Dynamo Potsdam /
Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo, and she won medals at various international rowing competitions. In October 1986, she was awarded a
Patriotic Order of Merit
The Patriotic Order of Merit (German: ''Vaterländischer Verdienstorden'', or VVO) was a national award granted annually in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was founded in 1954 and was awarded to individuals and institutions for outstanding ...
in gold (first class) for her sporting success. The Olympic gold medal that she won in
1988 in the double sculls teamed up with
Martina Schröter was the 500th Olympic medal won by East Germany.
References
1964 births
Living people
East German female rowers
German female rowers
Olympic rowers for East Germany
Olympic rowers for Germany
Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in rowing
Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Rowing Championships medalists for East Germany
Sportspeople from Potsdam
Rowers from Brandenburg
Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold
Sportspeople from Bezirk Potsdam
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