Ramona Balthasar
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9 January 1964 Forst, Bezirk Cottbus, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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SG Dynamo Potsdam SC Dynamo Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ramona Balthasar (born 9 January 1964) is a German rower.
Balthasar was born in 1964[1] in Forst, Bezirk Cottbus, East Germany.[2] She initially competed for SG Dynamo Potsdam and was chosen for the 1984 Summer Olympics but did not compete due to the Eastern Bloc boycott.[3] During 1985, she changed to SC Dynamo Berlin. At the 1985 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel, she became world champion in the quad scull boat class.[4] She changed from sculling to sweep rowing and at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, she won gold with the women's eight.[5] At the 1989 World Rowing Championships in Bled, she won silver in the same boat class.[4]
In October 1986, she was awarded a Patriotic Order of Merit in gold (first class) for her sporting success.[6] Balthasar studied medicine.[3]
References
- ↑ Ramona Balthasar at FISA WorldRowing.com
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Ramona Balthasar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- 1 2 Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. p. 22. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.
- 1 2 RRK 08 Rudern – Deutsche Rudererfolge bei Weltmeisterschaften
- ↑ RRK 08 Rudern – Deutsche Rudererfolge bei Olympia
- ↑ "Hohe staatliche Auszeichnungen verliehen" [Awarded high state awards]. Neues Deutschland (in German). 42 (243). 15 October 1986. p. 6. Retrieved 23 September 2018. (Registration required (help)).
