Ekaterina Karsten (née Khadatovich, Хадатовіч; , ''Kaciaryna Karsten''; ; born 2 June 1972) is a Belarusian rower, a seven-time Olympian and the first medalist from the Republic of Belarus, a two-time Olympic champion and six-time World Champion in the

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At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, under her maiden name of Khadatovich, she competed in her first Olympic Games in the women's quadruple sculls as part of the

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due to the recent

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, winning the bronze medal. Khadatovich began to concentrate her career as a single sculler and by the start of the

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in Atlanta, she had established herself as a major contender for the women's Olympic single sculls. She claimed gold, winning the final in a time of 7:32.31. She then won both World Championship gold medals in 1997 and 1999 and married a German, where she took the name ''Karsten''. She competed at her third Olympic Games in

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, where she won gold in the

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event by one hundredth of one second over

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of Bulgaria. In 2001, Karsten won the

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at the

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, rowing for the Minsk City Club and defeating German

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in the final. At the

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, she won a silver medal in the

, and a bronze medal at the

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in the same event. She also won the World Championships in the single sculls in 1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009, earned silver in 2002 and 2010, and bronze in 2001 and 2003. She won the European Championships in 2009 and 2010. She won the World Junior Championships in 1990. She reached the final of the

event at the

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and made it to the semi-finals of the same event at the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Karsten, Ekaterina 1972 births Living people People from Krupki district Soviet female rowers Belarusian female rowers Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Belarus Olympic rowers for the Unified Team Olympic gold medalists for Belarus Olympic silver medalists for Belarus Olympic bronze medalists for Belarus Olympic bronze medalists for the Unified Team Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Belarus European Rowing Championships medalists Sportspeople from Minsk region

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