Viola Poley
German rower (born 1955)
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's rowing | ||
Representing  East Germany | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1976 Montreal | Coxed quad sculls |
| World Rowing Championships | ||
| 1977 Amsterdam | Coxed quad sculls |
Viola Poley (later Kowalschek, born 13 April 1955) is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
She was born in Berlin in 1955. In 1976, she was a crew member of the East German boat, which won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls event under her maiden name.[1] She competed at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in the coxed quad sculls under her married name and won gold.[2] In February 1978, she was given the sports awards Honoured Master of Sports.[3]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Viola Poley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "(ohne Titel)" [(no title)]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 33, no. 204. 29 August 1977. p. 6. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Viele Berliner unter den Ausgezeichneten" [Many Berliners among the award winners]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 34, no. 32. 7 February 1978. p. 11. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
External links
- Viola KOWALSCHEK-POLEY at World Rowing
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Olympic champions – Women's quadruple sculls
- 1976:
Borchmann, Lau, Poley, Zobelt, Weigelt (GDR) - 1980: Reinhardt, Ploch, Lau, Zobelt, Buhr (GDR)
- 1984:
Țăran, Sorohan, Badea, Corban, Oancia (ROU) - 1988: Förster, Mundt, Schramm, Sorgers (GDR)
- 1992:
Schmidt, Peter, Müller, Mundt (GER) - 1996: Rutschow-Stomporowski, Sorgers, Köppen, Boron (GER)
- 2000: M. Kowalski, Evers, Lutze, K. Kowalski (GER)
- 2004: Boron, Evers, Lutze, El Qalqili (GER)
- 2008:
Tang, Xi, Jin, Zhang (CHN) - 2012:
Tarasenko, Dovhodko, Kozkenkova, Dementieva (UKR) - 2016: Thiele, Bär, Lier, Schmidla (GER)
- 2020: Chen, Zhang, Lü, Cui (CHN)
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