Peggy Waleska

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Peggy Waleska (born April 11, 1980 in Pirna ) is a former German rower who came second in the 2004 Olympic Games .

The rower from the Pirnaer Ruderverein 1872 was second in the Junior World Championships in the double scull in 1996 , and in 1997 she won the title in the double scull . In 1998 she took third place in the one . In 1999 she took part in the U23 World Championships and won the quadruple sculls. She was nominated as a substitute rower for the 2000 Olympic Games . In 2001 Peggy Waleska won her first German championship title in the double scull and she won the World Championships on the Rotsee near Lucerne together with Marita Scholz , Manuela Lutze and Manja Kowalski .

In 2002 Peggy Waleska moved to Dresden RC . After winning the German championship title in four-four, she was also successful at the World Championships in Seville, together with Marita Scholz, Manuela Lutze and Kerstin Kowalski she won her second world championship. In 2003 she won again at the German Championships, at the World Championships in Milan the double-scull received bronze in the same line-up as last year. In 2004 Peggy Waleska won her fourth German championship title in the four-four. At the Olympic Games in Athens she started in double sculls with Britta Oppelt . The two rowers won the silver medal behind Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell from New Zealand.

For this success she was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on March 16, 2005 .

In 2005, Peggy Waleska competed in the single and finished eighth at the World Championships in Gifu, at the World Championships in Eton she only finished twelfth. A year later, Peggy Waleska competed at the World Championships on the regatta course Oberschleißheim near Munich in a double scull and finished sixth with Christiane Huth . At the 2009 World Championships , Peggy Waleska won the bronze medal with the German double scull.

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: Athens 2004. The German Olympic team . Frankfurt am Main 2004

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release of the Office of the Federal President of March 16, 2005: ... the award of the Silver Laurel Leaf to the medal winners of the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games ...
personal data
SURNAME Waleska, Peggy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rower
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Pirna