Friederike Belcher
Friederike Belcher ( born August 1, 1983 in Berlin; born Ziegelmayer ) is a German sailor in the 470 class.
Friederike Belcher has completed her degree in Sociology with a state exam. It starts club for the Norddeutscher Regatta and is coached since 2012 by Ruslana Taran. Belcher comes from a successful family sailors. Her grandfather Rolf Mulka took as a sailor in the Olympic Games in part, as her husband Mathew Belcher. First, they sailed in the Optimist, then in the Filius class and the 420 dinghy, won there in 2000 with her brother Ferdinand Ziegelmayer silver at the German Championships, 2003 and 2004, silver medals at the World Junior Championships and 2003 bronze medal at the Junior European Championships. After graduation Belcher made a voluntary social year in Argentina and then went to Australia. There, she accepted the offer to learn from coach Victor Kovalenko.
End of 2006, tax Kathrin Kadelbach partner Belcher. Belcher's grandfather won jointly with Kadel Bach's father Achim Kadelbach at the Summer Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 a bronze medal in sailing. Successes came quickly, won Kadel Bach / Belcher the Australian Championships and the Sydney International Regatta. At the European Championships in 2007 in Thessaloniki, they were 15 Trying to start at international championships, but failed initially at the Australian federation, the Belcher did not want to share. The dispute went up before the Court of Arbitration in Lausanne, but before the World Championships 2007 continued the Australian Association of a lock through. This was reversed six months before the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but the team now had no chance to qualify, even though they as a tithe Placed reached the top ten at the World Championships in Melbourne. 2009 Kadel Bach / Belcher German masters. Subsequently, both devoted their studies and concluded from this until 2010. In Melbourne, she won a World Cup after their return. In their next World Championships in 2010 in The Hague, they were 14, at the European Championships 2011 in Helsinki 15th and at the World Championships of the year in Perth 28 despite the comparatively mediocre placement, the duo with the result for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London could qualify. In Travemünde, they also won the International German Championships. Things went better for Kadelbach / Belcher again at the World Championships 2012 in Barcelona, where they reached the 12th place.
In early October 2012, the team Kadel Bach / Belcher separated.