Jana Thieme

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Jana Thieme (born July 6, 1970 in Beeskow ) is a former German rower who achieved an Olympic victory and six world championship titles.

Jana Thieme was Junior World Champion in double fours in 1987 and in singles in 1988 . In 1989 she won her first title in the adult class at the World Cup in Bled with the GDR double fours in the line-up of Kathrin Boron , Sybille Schmidt , Jutta Behrendt and Jana Thieme.

After the reunification , Jana Thieme started for the Hallesche rowing association Böllberg / Nelson in SV Halle . At the 1991 World Cup in Vienna, she finished sixth in the single. The following year she was only a substitute rower at the 1992 Olympic Games . At the 1993 World Championships in Roudnice Jana Thieme was back in the world class, she won the title in the single in front of the Canadian Marnie McBean . The following year she drove at the World Championships in Indianapolis in double sculls and won the bronze medal together with Angela Schuster . Six years after her first world title in double fours, she won again in 1995, this time together with Katrin Rutschow , Jana Sorgers and Kerstin Köppen . At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, she competed with Manuela Lutze in a double scull and only finished fifth.

After the disappointment in Atlanta, there followed four years in which Jana Thieme received gold at the season highlight. At the 1997 World Championships in Aiguebelette, France, Kerstin Köppen, Jana Thieme, Manuela Lutze and Kathrin Boron won gold in the double quad. A year later, Thieme, Lutze and Boron defended the title together with Christiane Will in Cologne . In 1999 in St. Catharines, Canada, Jana Thieme competed with Kathrin Boron in a double scull and also won this title. At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, Jana Thieme also received an Olympic gold medal after she was successful in a double scull with Kathrin Boron.

Jana Thieme trained in Halle with Bernd Lindner, in the national team she was looked after by Jutta Lau .

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: Sydney 2000. The German Olympic team . Frankfurt am Main 2000

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personal data
SURNAME Thieme, Jana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rower
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Beeskow