Brigitte Ahrenholz

Brigitte Ahrenholz (8 August 1952 – March or April 2018) was a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Brigitte Ahrenholz

Personal information

Born

8 August 1952
Potsdam, East Germany

Died

March or April 2018 (aged 65)

Sport

Rowing

Medal record

Women's rowing

Representing East Germany
	1976 Montreal	Eight
World Rowing Championships
	1974 Lucerne	Eight
European Rowing Championships
	1971 Copenhagen	Eight
	1973 Moscow	Coxed quad scull

She was born in Potsdam. In 1976 she was a crew member of the East German boat that won the gold medal in the eight event.[1] After her rowing career, she studied medicine and graduated in 1983. At first she worked at the Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain as a surgeon before moving to Werder where she continued as a surgeon until her retirement.[2][3]

Ahrenholz was last seen on the evening of 3 March 2018,[3] reported to Police as missing the following morning[4] and was found dead on 7 April 2018, age 65. Her cause of death is currently unknown.[5]

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brigitte Ahrenholz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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. 8. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.
"Leiche von Olympiasiegerin in See entdeckt" [Dead body of Olympic champion discovered at lake]. n-tv (in German). 9 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
"Ehemalige Ruder-Olympiasiegerin vermisst" [Former rowing Olympic champion missing]. Märkische Allgemeine (in German). 7 March 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
"Olympiasiegerin Brigitte Ahrenholz ist tot" [Olympic champion Brigitte Ahrenholz is dead]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 9 April 2018.

Olympic champions – Women's coxed eight

1976: Ahrenholz, Ebert, Goretzki, Kallies, Knetsch, Lehmann, Müller, Richter, Wilke (GDR)

1980: Boesler, Köpke, Kühn, Metze, Neisser, Richter, Sandig, Schütz, Wilke (GDR)

1984: Beard, Bower, Flanagan, Graves, Keeler, Metcalf, Norelius, O'Steen, Thorsness (USA)

1988: Balthasar, Haacker, Kluge, Neunast, Schröer, Stange, Strauch, Wild, Zeidler (GDR)

1992: Barnes, Crawford, Delehanty, Heddle, McBean, Monroe, Taylor, Thompson, Worthington (CAN)

1996: Cochelea, Gafencu, Georgescu, Ignat, Lipă, Olteanu, Popescu, Spîrcu, Tănase (ROU)

2000: Cochelea, Damian, Dumitrache, Gafencu, Georgescu, Ignat, Lipă, Olteanu, Susanu (ROU)

2004: Bărăscu, Damian, Florea, Gafencu, Georgescu, Ignat, Lipă, Papuc, Susanu (ROU)

2008: Cafaro, Shoop, Goodale, Logan, Cummins, Francia, Lind, Davies, Whipple (USA)

2012: Cafaro, Francia, Lofgren, Ritzel, Musnicki, Logan, Lind, Davies, Whipple (USA)

2016: Regan, Simmonds, Polk, Schmetterling, Gobbo, Musnicki, Logan, Elmore, Snyder (USA)

World champions – Women's eight

1974: (Dobler, Lehmann, Richter, Schwede, Ahrenholz, Müller, Blanke, Mosig, cox Brickner)
1975: (Goretzki, Knetsch, Richter, Schwede, Kallies, Neu, Nitsche, Mosig, cox Wilke)
1977: (Bügel, Steindorf, Lohs, Neisser, Sandig, Kurth, Schwede, Metze, cox Heß)
1978: (Yermakova, Paziun, Antoniuk, Bunjak, Dergatchenko, Umanets, Tereshina, Pivovarova, cox Frolova)
1979: (Antoniuk, Bunjak, Dergatchenko, Yermakova, Paziun, Tereshina, Umanets, Pivovarova, cox Frolova)
1981: (Baltutite, Teterina, Tereshina, Yatsenko, Makushkina, Shvetsova, Umanets, Paziun, cox Frolova)
1982: (Makushkina, Konopleva, Umanets, Tereshina, Yatsenko, Studneva, Doligaida, Stone, cox Frolova)
1983: (Stone, Averyanova, Konopleva, Studneva, Umanets, Tereshina, Yatsenko, Makushkina, cox Khokhlova)
1985: (Pukhayeva, Zakyrova, Tereshina, Suprun, Znak, Teterina, Yatsenko, Averyanova, cox Khokhlova)
1986: (Tereshina, Suprun, Sakirova, Pukhayeva, Znak, Teterina, Averyanova, Tsessiunaite, cox Khokhlova)
1987: (Virlan, Trașcă, Țicanu, Arba, Chelariu, Necula, Homeghi, Toader, cox Oancia)
1989: (Bălan, Curelea, Tănase, Soare, Chelariu, Neculai, Leonte, Armășescu, cox Oancia)
1990: (Șnep, Bobeică, Burcică, Cochelea, Curela, Oprea, Popescu, Ciucanu-Robu, cox Nedelcu)
1991: (Barnes, Delehanty, Doey, Heddle, Mahon, McBean, Monroe, Taylor, cox Thompson)
1993: (Alupei, Bobeică, Cochelea, Doroftei, Ignat, Neculai, Olteanu, Tănase, cox Ilie)
1994: (Haacker, Klapheck, Schmidt, Martin, Pyritz, Rehaag, Wagner, Werremeier, cox Schnell)
1995: (Dore, Fallon, Fuller, Kakela, Korholz, E. McCagg, M. McCagg, Tranel-Michini, cox Farooq)
1997: (Damian, Susanu, Olteanu, Cazac, Gafencu, Cochelea, Ignat, Tănase, cox Georgescu)
1998: (Cazac, Cochelea, Damian, Dumitrache, Gafencu, Ignat, Olteanu, Susanu, cox Georgescu)
1999: (Damian, Dumitrache, Ignat, Olteanu, Popescu, Spîrcu, Susanu, Bărăscu, cox Georgescu)
2001: (Winter, Lutz, Wilson, Robinson, Martin, Sattin, Roberts, Larsen, cox Bilson)
2002: (Johnson, Peirce, Davies, Urtasun, Marten, Cox, Mickelson, Mackenzie, cox Whipple)
2003: (Hipler, Pyritz, Tucholke, Holthaus, Schmidt, Zimmermann, Günther, Wech, cox Ruppel)
2005: (Outhwaite, Selby Smith, Mills, Hornsey, Martin, Chew, Frasca, Heard, cox Patrick)
2006: (Sickler, Cooke, Goodale, Shoop, Mickelson, Francia, Lind, Davies, cox Whipple)
2007: (Sickler, Shoop, Goodale, Magee, Mickelson, Francia, Lind, Davies, cox Whipple)
2009: (Cafaro, Allen, Larsen-Strecker, Francia, Goodale, Shoop, Lind, Glessner, cox Snyder)
2010: (Goodale, Polk, Redman, Ritzel, Lofgren, Logan, Musnicki, Glessner, cox Whipple)
2011: (Lofgren, Francia, Musnicki, Ritzel, Redman, Polk, Lind, Logan, cox Whipple)
2013: (Polk, Simmonds, Regan, Schmetterling, Luczak, Musnicki, Opitz, Lind, cox Snyder)
2014: (Opitz, Musnicki, Polk, Schmetterling, Luczak, Lind, Logan, Robbins, cox Snyder)
2015: (Opitz, Musnicki, Polk, Schmetterling, Regan, Simmonds, Gobbo, Robbins, cox Snyder)
2017: (Vrinceanu, Bejinariu, Petrilă, Popa, Bereș, Tîlvescu, Boguș, Oprea, cox Druncea)
2018: (O'Brien, Mueller, Opitz, Doonan, Moffat, Eisser, Regan, Coffey, cox Guregian)
2019: (Greenslade, Dyke, Spoors, Bevan, Prendergast, K. Gowler, Ross, J. Gowler, cox Shepherd)

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