Cornelia lens
Cornelia Linse (born October 3, 1959 in Greifswald ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic . In 1985 she became World Champion One .
Cornelia Linse started at BSG Greifswald and took third place in the double foursome in 1977 at the Children's and Youth Spartakiade . After moving to SC DHfK Leipzig , she finished fifth in the GDR championship in double sculls in 1978 with Heidi Westphal, who was almost the same age . The following year the two won the GDR championship and then the world championship in Bled. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, the two rowers from the USSR Jelena Chlopzewa and Larissa Popowa won , a little over a second behind Westphal and Linse rowed for the silver medal.
In 1981, Linse and Westphal switched to double fours. From 1981 to 1983, lens was runner-up behind the Soviet four-four with Chlopzewa and Popowa. In 1984 Cornelia Linse competed in a single and twice defeated the Romanian Valeria Răcilă at the regatta on the Rotsee . At the 1984 Olympics Cornelia lens was due to the Olympic boycott not attend, Valeria Răcilă was Olympic champion. In 1985 Cornelia Linse won her only single world championship in Hazewinkel. She has been awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit several times . In 1984 and 1986 she received this gold medal.
After her career, the qualified sports teacher worked at Radio DDR I / Radio DDR II in Leipzig, after the reunification she moved to the MDR in Magdeburg.
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 .
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany , 1./2. September 1984, p. 4
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, October 15, 1986, p. 7
Web links
- Cornelia Linse at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
- Cornelia Linse in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- German successes at world championships
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lens, Cornelia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German world champion in rowing |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd October 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greifswald |