Irina Müller

Irina Müller (later Weiße, born 10 October 1951) is a German rower, who won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and was a member of the SG Dynamo Potsdam.[1][2]

Irina Müller
Personal information
Born (1951-10-10) 10 October 1951
Leipzig
ResidenceBerlin
Occupationjudge
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Spouse(s)Stefan Weiße
Sport
SportRowing
ClubSC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal Eight
World Rowing Championships
1974 Luzern Eight
1975 Nottingham Coxed four
European Rowing Championships
1973 Moscow Eight
1971 Copenhagen Coxed four

Müller was born in Leipzig; sources vary whether the birth year was 1950[3] or 1951.[4]

Immediately after the 1976 Summer Olympics, she married fellow rower Stefan Weiße. As Irina Weiße, she was awarded a Patriotic Order of Merit in silver in September 1976.[5] She was an informer for the Stasi under the codename "Ines".[6]

References
  1. RRK 08 Rudern – Deutsche Rudererfolge bei Europameisterschaften
  2. RRK 08 Rudern – Deutsche Rudererfolge bei Weltmeisterschaften
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Irina Müller". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. Kluge, Volker (2000). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler. Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR. Ihre Erfolge und Biographien. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. pp. 273f. ISBN 3-89602-348-9.
  5. "Hohe staatliche Auszeichnungen". Berliner Zeitung (in German). 32 (216). 10 September 1976. p. 4. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. "KLARTEXT: Richter unter Stasi-Verdacht". rbb-online.de (in German). 13 April 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2019.


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