Ingeburg Schwerzmann

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Ingeburg Schwerzmann (born Ingeburg Althoff on June 2, 1967 in Münster , Westphalia ) is a former German rower who won an Olympic silver medal in 1992.

Ingeburg Althoff rowed for the Hansa rowing club from 1898 in Dortmund. In 1984 she finished third at the Junior World Championships with eighth . In 1987 she won her first German championship title in a four-man with tax woman . At the rowing world championships in 1987, the rowers from the four were in the German eighth, which took fifth place. In 1988 she won the German championships together with Elke Markwort in a double without a helmsman , at the Olympic Games in 1988 Ingeburg Althoff reached seventh place with the German eighth.

From 1989 she formed a two-man with Stefani Werremeier without a helmsman and defended her German championship title in this boat class. At the World Championships in 1989, the two finished third, with Kathrin Haacker and Judith Zeidler from the GDR winning . In 1990 Althoff and Werremeier defended their championship title. Two German teams competed for the last time at the World Championships in Tasmania, Althoff and Werremeier won the world championship in their boat class. The GDR had been the leading rowing nation since the first world championships in women's rowing were held in 1974. Until then, rowers from the Federal Republic of Germany had only won world championship titles in the non-Olympic lightweight classes; Werremeier and Althoff were the first rowers from Germany to become world champions in an Olympic boat class.

In 1991 the two rowers won again at the German championships. At the World Championships in Vienna, the two were defeated by Canadians Marnie McBean and Kathleen Heddle and now received the silver medal after bronze in 1989 and gold in 1990. At the end of 1991 Ingeburg Althoff married the Swiss rower Beat Schwerzmann and started as Ingeburg Schwerzmann in 1992. After winning the fifth German championship title in a row, the two met the Canadians in the run-up to the Olympic Games in 1992 , who also won the race. In the final, the Canadians could not be beaten either, Werremeier and Schwerzmann barely managed to win the silver medal in front of the boat from the United States. The career of the successful two-man ended therewith.

For her sporting success she received the Silver Laurel Leaf on June 23, 1993 .

After the 1992 Olympic Games, she moved to live with her husband in Switzerland. In 1994 she rowed double sculls for Switzerland at the World Championships in Indianapolis . With her partner Carolina Lüthi she won the B final and finished 7th.

Ingeburg Schwerzmann has a daughter born in 1995 and a son born in 1998.

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: Barcelona 92. The German Olympic team . Frankfurt am Main 1992

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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 Schwerzmann, Ingeburg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Althoff, Ingeburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rower
DATE OF BIRTH June 2nd, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster