Romy Saalfeld
Romy Saalfeld (born December 14, 1960 in Weißenfels ) is a former rower from the GDR . In 1980 she won the Olympic medal in a four with a helmsman .
The trained mechanical draftswoman started as a student for the SC DHfK Leipzig and trained with Herta Weissig. In 1978 she won the Junior World Championships in a foursome with a helmsman. In 1979 she rowed in the Leipzig's second four, but in 1980 she moved into the first boat. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, she was in the Leipzig four, which won Olympic gold with Ramona Kapheim , Silvia Fröhlich , Angelika Noack , Romy Saalfeld and helmsman Kirsten Wenzel , just over a second ahead of the Bulgarians. For this success she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver. At the 1981 World Cup, the four-man with Viola Kestler for Ramona Kapheim and Marita Sandig for Angelika Noack took second place behind the Soviet boat.
Saalfeld was married to the rower Ronald Topf. She works at IBM.
literature
- Volker Kluge : The great lexicon of GDR athletes. The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes and biographies. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-348-9 .
Web links
- Romy Saalfeld in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- German successes at world championships
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , August 22, 1980, p. 3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saalfeld, Romy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Olympic champion in rowing |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weissenfels |