Kathrin Boron (born November 4, 1969 in Eisenhüttenstadt

Eisenhüttenstadt

Eisenhüttenstadt is a town in the Oder-Spree district of Brandenburg, Germany at the border with Poland. The town was founded in 1950 alongside a new steel mill as a socialist model city and has a population of 32,214...

, Germany

Germany

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) is a German sculler

Sculling

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, and four-time Olympic gold medalist. She's an athlete of the SV Dynamo

SV Dynamo

The Sports Club Dynamo was the sport organization of the security agencies of former East Germany. The sports club was founded on 27 March 1953 and was headquartered in Hohenschönhausen in East Berlin...

/ SG Dynamo Potsdam.

Boron won the women's double sculls at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

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 with Kerstin Köppen

Kerstin Köppen

Kerstin Köppen is a German rower and Olympic champion. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning in 1992 and 1996.-References:...

 and 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

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 with Jana Thieme

Jana Thieme

Jana Thieme is a German rower and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in Double sculls with her partner Kathrin Boron at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Jana has won six World Championships and nine German Championships.-References:...

, and the women's quad sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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 and 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

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. At the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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, she finished third in the quad sculls. In addition, Boron has won seven World Championship Gold Medals and five Silver, starting with Gold in the Double Sculls at Tasmania in 1990.

Boron was honoured for her outstanding career in rowing with the 2009 Thomas Keller Medal.

External links

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