Elke Hipler

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Elke Hipler (born September 19, 1978 in Essen ) is a German oar oar.

She got into rowing through her grandfather at the age of 12. Her first club was ETuF Essen and since 2001 she has started for the rowing community Angaria Hannover . She studies geography at the University of Hanover. She already proved her great talent at her first world championships in 1997 with a third place in the four. After the vice world championship in 1999 in two, she became world champion in the parade boat in 2003, the German eighth . The highlights of her career were the participation in the Olympic Games in Athens 2004, in which she reached a fifth place with eighth, and in the Olympic Games in Beijing, in which the women's eight in the hope run for reaching the Olympic final only fifth and thus last place behind Canada, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Australia. Deeply disappointing, the crew around hitter Elke Hipler landed on the media jetty. “I have no real explanation. It's the most powerful eighth in years and we were in a great shape in training. But the others were just faster, ”explained Hipler.

After the 2004 Olympic Games, Hipler took a year off from competitive sports in order to concentrate more on her geography studies. In the summer of 2006, Hipler celebrated a successful comeback at the World Rowing Championships in Eton with a silver medal as a batter in eight and also with bronze in the uncontrolled two-man (with partner Nicole Zimmermann ). Hipler was able to follow up on this in 2007 at the World Championships in Munich with a second place in two, whereas the eighth in the finals with a fifth place fell short of the high expectations.

International success

  • 1995: 2nd place in two (Junior World Championships)
  • 1996: 1st place in two (Junior World Championships)
  • 1997: 3rd place in a foursome (World Championships)
  • 1998: 6th place in eighth place (World Championships)
  • 1999: 2nd place in two (World Championships)
  • 2002: 8th place in two (World Championships)
  • 2003: 1st place in eighth place (World Championships)
  • 2004: 5th place in eighth place (Olympic Games Athens)
  • 2006: Winner overall World Cup in two
  • 2006: 3rd place in two and 2nd place in eight (World Championships)
  • 2007: 2nd place in two and 5th place in eight (World Championships)
  • 2008: 7th place in eighth place (Beijing Olympic Games)

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personal data
SURNAME Hipler, Elke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German oar oars
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH eat