Anja Kluge

Anja Kluge (born November 9, 1964 in Berlin ) is a former rower from the GDR who competed for the SC Berlin-Grünau club .

The rower was discovered in the skiff at the Spartakiade . Later she switched to oar rowing . In 1986 and 1989 she was runner- up in the eighth world championship . Her greatest achievement was her eighth win at the 1988 Olympic Games .

successes

Olympic games

• 1988 : 1st place in eighth

World championships

• 1982: 1st place in eighth place at the Junior World Championships
• 1986: 2nd place in eighth place
• 1987: 4th place in eighth place
• 1989: 2nd place in eighth

GDR

• Spartakiade 1979: 1st place in single and 2nd place in double scull
• GDR championships 1983: 3rd place in a four with helmswoman
• GDR championships 1984: 1st place in eighth and 3rd place in four with helmswoman
• GDR championships 1985: 3rd place in eight and 3rd place in four with helmsman
• GDR championships 1986: 2nd place in eighth and 1st in foursome with helmswoman
• GDR championships 1987: 1st place in eighth place
• GDR championships 1988: 1st place in eighth place
• GDR championships 1989: 1st place in eighth and 2nd place in two without a helmsman

Awards

• 1986: Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
• 1988: Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold

literature

• Volker Kluge : The great lexicon of GDR athletes. The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes and biographies. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-348-9 .

Web links

• Anja Kluge in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neues Deutschland , October 15, 1986, p. 7.
2. ↑ Neues Deutschland, 12./13. November 1988, p. 4