Annekatrin Thiele

Annekatrin Thiele
nation	Germany
birthday	October 18, 1984
place of birth	Sangerhausen ,  Germany
size	173 cm
Weight	69 kg
job	Police chief
Career
discipline	Row , skull
society	SC DHfK Leipzig
Trainer	Angelika Noack
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 2 × 0 × World championships 2 × 1 × 1 × European championships 3 × 0 × 1 ×
Olympic games silver 2008 in Beijing Double scull silver 2012 in London Double fours gold 2016 in Rio de Janeiro Double fours  World championships bronze 2009 Poznan Double fours gold 2013 Chungju Double fours gold 2014 Amsterdam Double fours silver 2015 Aiguebelette Double fours  European championships gold 2010 in Montemor-o-Velho Double scull gold 2013 in Seville Double fours gold 2015 in Poznan Double fours bronze 2017 in Račice u Štětí One
Last change: May 2nd, 2020

Marie-Cathérine Arnold and Annekatrin Thiele (right) 2015

Anne Katrin Thiele (* 18th October 1984 in Sangerhausen ) is a German Skull - rower and Olympic champion . She won Olympic gold in a quadruple scull in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. In the previous games, she had won an Olympic silver medal in 2008 in double sculls and in 2012 in double sculls. She is currently working as a police chief for the federal police.

Career

Annekatrin Thiele started at the Roßleben rowing club , where she also attended the Roßleben monastery school up to the 10th grade , but is now starting for the RG Wiking Leipzig at the SC DHfK Leipzig and trains with Angelika Noack. After winning medals in the under-23 age group, she went to the 2006 World Championships as a substitute scooter. At the 2008 Olympic Games , Annekatrin Thiele and Christiane Huth competed in a double scull. The two qualified with a third place at the World Cup in Munich and a second place on the Rotsee near Lucerne. After a photo finish in Beijing, the two lost to New Zealand defending champions Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell by a hundredth of a second . At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , she won the silver medal in the double fours together with Britta Oppelt , Carina Bär and Julia Richter . A year later, at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju , they won gold. In 2014 Annekatrin Thiele and Carina Bär, together with Julia Lier and Lisa Schmidla, once again won gold in the double fours. In 2015 the German quadruple with Annekatrin Thiele, Carina Bär, Marie-Cathérine Arnold and Lisa Schmidla won the title at the European Championships , at the World Championships they received the silver medal behind the US double quad. At the start of the 2016 Olympic season, Thiele, Bär, Arnold and Schmidla defended the title at the European Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel . At the Olympic Games Thiele, Bär, Julia Lier and Schmidla rowed in the German quadruple and won the title ahead of the Dutch women.

In 2017 Thiele competed in the single and won the bronze medal at the European Championships . At the world championships , she missed the A final and finished tenth. The year 2018 began for Thiele with her fourth victory at the German Small Boat Championships . At the World Championships she reached the A-final in the same year and was sixth in the single. After Thiele broke a rib in March 2019, she was unable to defend her German championship title. She was not nominated for the European Championships because of the short preparation time. The deficit in training was also noticeable at the 2019 World Championships . Thiele finished 13th with a victory in the C final.

On November 1, 2016, she was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf for her athletic achievements .

International success

• 2004: 2nd place U23 world championships in double sculls
• 2005: 2nd place U23 world championships in double sculls
• 2008: 2nd place Olympic Games in double sculls (silver medal)
• 2009: 3rd place in the quadruple championship
• 2010: 1st place European championships in double sculls
• 2011: 6th place in the single world championships
• 2012: 2nd place Olympic Games in double sculls (silver medal)
• 2013: 1st place in the European Championships in quadruples
• 2013: 1st place in the quadruple championship
• 2014: 1st place in the quadruple championship
• 2015: 1st place in the European Championships in quadruples
• 2015: 2nd place in the quadruple championship
• 2016: 1st place in the European Championships in quadruples
• 2016: 1st place Olympic Games in double sculls (gold medal)
• 2017: 3rd place European championships in one
• 2018: 6th place in the single world championships

Web links

Commons : Annekatrin Thiele  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Annekatrin Thiele at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Annekatrin Thiele in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Report to the Rossleben rowing club. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 2, 2016 ; accessed on January 2, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Kerstin Förster: DHfK rower Annekatrin Thiele does not start at EM. In: sportbuzzer.de. May 28, 2019, accessed May 2, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Awarding of the silver bay leaf. In: www.bundespraesident.de. Office of the Federal President , November 1, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016 .