Christine Scheiblich

Christine Scheiblich 1977

Christine Scheiblich (after marrying Christine Hahn ; born December 31, 1954 in Wilsdruff ) is a former German rower and 1976 Olympic champion in one .

Scheiblich comes from the district of Kesselsdorf von Wilsdruff near Dresden. She started rowing at the age of 13. She trained under Dieter Schubert at SC Einheit Dresden . In 1972 she won the Spartakiad in singles and doubles. In 1974 she won the first of four GDR championship titles in the single, the others followed in 1975, 1977 and 1978. In these years she also won the world championship in the single. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , women's rowing was on the Olympic program for the first time. Scheiblich won the gold medal in the single with a narrow lead over the American Joan Lind . In 1974 and 1976 she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit.

In 1978 Christine Scheiblich married Ulrich Hahn, multiple world luge champion . Scheiblich had actually trained as a typewriter mechanic, but later became a physiotherapist. She was employed at Einheit Dresden until 1990, after which she became self-employed.

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 .
Volker Kluge: Scheiblich, Christine . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

Commons : Christine Scheiblich - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Christine Scheiblich in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Christine Scheiblich at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )

Individual evidence

↑ Neues Deutschland , November 30, 1974, p. 2
↑ About the honor for the Olympic team of the GDR. Awarded high government awards. Patriotic Order of Merit in silver. In: New Germany . ZEFYS newspaper portal of the Berlin State Library , September 10, 1976, p. 4 , accessed on April 10, 2018 (free registration required).

personal data
SURNAME	Scheiblich, Christine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hahn, Christine (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German rower
DATE OF BIRTH	December 31, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wilsdruff

[1] Neues Deutschland , November 30, 1974, p. 2

[2] About the honor for the Olympic team of the GDR. Awarded high government awards. Patriotic Order of Merit in silver. In: New Germany . ZEFYS newspaper portal of the Berlin State Library , September 10, 1976, p. 4 , accessed on April 10, 2018 (free registration required).