Kerstin Köppen

Kerstin Köppen (married Holtmeyer, born November 24, 1967 in Rathenow ) is a former German rower who achieved two Olympic victories and five world championship titles.

After a second place in the double sculls at the Junior World Championships in 1984 she was in 1985 in quadruple sculls are junior world champion. She traveled to the 1988 Olympic Games as a substitute for the GDR team. In 1990 and 1991 Köppen became world champion in the double fours with the line-up of Kerstin Köppen, Sybille Schmidt , Claudia Krüger and Jana Sorgers . In 1992 she switched to Kathrin Boron in the double scull as the successor to Beate Schramm . At the Olympic Games in 1992 Boron and Köppen became Olympic champions.

For this she and her partner Kathrin Boron were awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on June 23, 1993 .

After the two lost to New Zealanders Philippa Baker and Brenda Lawson at the 1993 World Championships , Boron tried his hand at singles and Köppen switched back to doubles. In 1994 the German quadruple with Kristina Mundt , Katrin Rutschow , Jana Sorgers and Kerstin Köppen became world champions. In 1995 Jana Thieme was on board for Kristina Mundt and helped defend the title. At the 1996 Olympic Games , the German double-scull competed in the line-up of Jana Sorgers, Katrin Rutschow, Kathrin Boron and Kerstin Köppen and certainly won the Olympic regatta. In 1997, the resettled double quad with Kathrin Boron, Manuela Lutze , Jana Thieme and Kerstin Köppen became world champion again. Then Kerstin Köppen ended her athletic career.

In 1998 the qualified sports teacher Köppen and Roland Baar were awarded the Thomas Keller Medal by the World Rowing Association for their outstanding career . Kerstin Köppen rowed for the Potsdam RG and was trained by Jutta Lau .

literature

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

Web links

• Kerstin Köppen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• World championship boats in double fours

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 ...