Irene Pepinghege

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Irene Pepinghege , nee Irene Rozema , (born August 11, 1941 in Zaandam , Netherlands ) is a former German canoeist .

As a talented young paddler, she moved from Holland to Bochum because of better training conditions , and after her marriage to Josef Pepinghege in 1966, she received German citizenship, so that from 1968 she was also eligible to compete for the German Olympic team. Irene Pepinghege was multiple German champion and three-time Olympic participant. At the Olympic Games in 1968 she was a substitute woman. In 1972 in Munich she finished fourth in a single kayak , and in 1976 she took eighth place in a single kayak. In addition to her career in competitive sports, she was fully employed. Irene Pepinghege has been training children and young people on a daily basis on a voluntary basis since 1994. She is currently working as a racing manager and trainer for the Mülheim canoeing club.

Sporting successes

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  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany . Frankfurt am Main 1976

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