Martina Walther
Martina Walther (born October 5, 1963 in Zeulenroda ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic . In 1988 she won the Olympics in a four-man with a helmsman .
Life
In 1979 an advertisement for SC Berlin-Grünau appeared in the newspaper Junge Welt , looking for tall boys and girls for the rowing department. Martina Walther, who was 1.80 meters tall at the age of 15, got in touch, moved from Thuringia to Berlin and began rowing. In 1981 she won the Spartakiade in a foursome with helmswoman 1985 the first GDR championship title followed in the eighth . At the 1985 World Rowing Championships, the GDR eighth won the silver medal behind the boat from the Soviet Union. A year later, Walther started at the world championships together with Kathrin Haacker in a pair without a helmsman, behind the boats from Romania and the Soviet Union, the two took third place.
At the GDR rowing championships in 1987, two boats of the SC Berlin-Grünau took the first two places in an uncontrolled two-man team: Carola Hornig and Gerlinde Doberschütz won ahead of Birte Siech and Martina Walther. Together with helmsman Sylvia Müller, the four rowers also won the GDR championships in four. At the World Championships in Copenhagen, the five women won silver behind the Romanian foursome. In 1988 the rowers repeated their GDR championship title in the foursome. At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, the five rowers won gold in front of the boats from China and Romania. For this Olympic victory she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold. In 1989 Martina Walther won the world championship silver again behind the Romanians with the GDR eighth.
In addition to her athletic career Martina Walther had a degree in physical therapy, after turning it on trained clerk to.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Lexicon athletes in the GDR . New Life Publishing House, Berlin 2009 ISBN 978-3-355-01759-6
Web links
- German successes at world championships
- Martina Walther in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ GDR championships in two without
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , 12./13. November 1988, p. 4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walther, Martina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Olympic champion in rowing |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th October 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zeulenroda |