Dana Pyritz

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Dana Pyritz (born August 31, 1970 in Kühlungsborn ) is a former German rower who was third in the 1992 Olympics with an eighth .

Career

Dana Pyritz took second place in eighth place at the German championship in 1992 with her racing community . At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona she was designated as a substitute rower and came eighth for Ina Justh , who was represented by Annegret Strauch , Sylvia Dördelmann , Cerstin Petersmann , Kathrin Haacker , Dana Pyritz, Christiane Harzendorf , Ute Wagner , Judith Zeidler and helmswoman Daniela Neunast won the bronze medal. In 1993 Dana Pyritz won her first German championship title in eighth place, at the world championship eighth took third place. The German eighth was even more successful in the 1994 season. At the World Championships in Indianapolis, the boat won with the cast of Kathrin Haacker, Antje Rehaag , Andrea Klapheck , Dana Pyritz, Doreen Martin , Micaela Schmidt , Stefani Werremeier , Ute Wagner and helmswoman Doreen Schnell . In 1995 Pyritz and Doreen Martin switched to the four-man without a helmsman , the two of them won the German championship with Heike Zazworka and Andrea Gesch, at the World Championships in Tampere they took second place behind the four-man from the USA with Anke Weiler and Gerte John.

Since the four-man had been taken out of the Olympic program in 1996 in favor of the lightweight classes, Dana Pyritz tried to return to eighth for the Olympic season. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, she sat in the boat with her twin sister Anja Pyritz , but the eighth only reached the B final and finished eighth in the final bill. The two twins won the German championship eighth in 1997 and 1998, but it wasn't until 2001 that they won an international medal again. At the World Championships in Lucerne, the German eighth won the bronze medal with the Pyritz sisters, and the eighth repeated this medal success in Seville in 2002. In 2003 Dana Pyritz switched again to the four without a helmsman and also won bronze in this boat class at the World Championships in Milan.

On June 23, 1993, she received the Silver Laurel Leaf for her athletic achievements .

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: Atlanta 96. The German Olympic team . Frankfurt am Main 1996

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his duties in the field of sport: ... on June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded ... disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the 1992 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the silver laurel leaf ...
personal data
SURNAME Pyritz, Dana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rower
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Kühlungsborn