Nadja Drygalla (born 31 March 1989 in
Rostock
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) is a
German
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rower
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who competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics.
She won Junior World championship silver in the women's pairs (in 2007 with
Ulrike Sennewald) and bronze in the women's eight (2006). At under-23 level, she won bronze in the women's pair in 2010 with Anne-Sophie Agarius.
Controversy
During the
2012 Summer Olympics,
The Guardian
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stated that her boyfriend was a leading member of the Rostock National Socialists, a far-right wing group inclined towards
Neo-Nazism, and was a candidate for the
National Democratic Party at the
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2011.
Drygalla had already finished competing as part of the
women's rowing eight team, her only event. She left of her own accord after a 90-minute conversation with officials from the German Olympic delegation. In a public statement she distanced herself from far-right views.
References
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Living people
Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic rowers for Germany
1989 births
German female rowers
Rowers from Rostock