Sabine Hess
Sabine Heß (born October 1, 1958 in Dresden , after marrying Sabine Schubert ) is a former rower from the GDR . She won Olympic gold in a foursome with a helmswoman in 1976 .
Sabine Hess served as coxswain already GDR youth champion with the sculls of the SC unit Dresden . In 1975 she finished third in the GDR championships with the double foursome.
At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, women's rowing had its Olympic premiere. The boats from the GDR won four gold medals and two silver medals in the six boat classes. The first decision was the four with helmsman, where the Dresden boat with Karin Metze , Bianka Schwede , Gabriele Lohs , Andrea Kurth and helmsman Sabine Hess received the first Olympic gold medal in women's rowing. In 1977 all five rowers from the gold foursome were in eighth position, which won the third consecutive world title in Amsterdam. In 1978 the Dresden foursome finished second at the GDR championships and did not qualify for the world championships.
In 1976 she was awarded the Silver Patriotic Order of Merit .
The trained crèche teacher worked in Dresden for the crèche association.
literature
- Volker Kluge : The great lexicon of GDR athletes. The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR. Your successes and biographies. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-348-9 .
Web links
- Sabine Heß in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- German medals at world rowing championships
Individual evidence
- ^ GDR championships in quadruples
- ↑ GDR championships in a foursome with
- ↑ About the honor for the Olympic team of the GDR. Awarded high government awards. Patriotic Order of Merit in silver. In: New Germany . ZEFYS newspaper portal of the Berlin State Library , September 10, 1976, p. 4 , accessed on April 10, 2018 (free registration required).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hess, Sabine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |