Jutta Ploch

Jutta Ploch, after marriage Jutta Schenk ( born January 13, 1960 in Weissenfels ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic, the Olympic champion in the quadruple sculls and double sculls world champion was.

Ploch started at Empor Weissenfels with the rowing and then moved to SC Berlin- Grunau. In 1977 she won at the Spartakiade in One, 1978, she won the Junior World Championship in quadruple sculls. In 1979 she was runner-up in the GDR, both in the one behind Martina Schröter and as well, along with Petra Boesler in the double sculls behind Cornelia lens and Heidi Westphal. The following year she finished third in the one third place and together with Anke Rehfeld again second in the double sculls. At the Olympic Games in 1980 Jutta Ploch was actually intended as Ersatzruderin. In preparation of the double quartet, she started with Gisela Medefindt, Sybille Reinhardt, Roswietha Zobelt and control woman Liane Buhr, while Jutta Lau was not used. Since only seven boats were at the start, it was enough for the finals to make the top six boats: The sculls of the GDR was third best time. For the finale, Jutta Lau returned to the boat, instead of the originally planned Jutta Gisela Ploch had Medefindt soft. In the final, the boat from the GDR won just ahead of the boat from the USSR.

From 1981 to 1983 Jutta Ploch won each to the GDR championship in double sculls and quadruple sculls. At the World Championships in Munich in 1981 Ploch occupied together with Heidi Westphal, Cornelia lens, Birka Brandt and tax Jenny Gerber second behind the Soviet boat. A year later at the World Championships in Lucerne won again the boat from the USSR before the boat from the GDR, which was begun in the cast Jutta Hampe, Jutta Ploch, Heidi Westphal, Cornelia lens and coxswain Andrea Rost. 1983 in Duisburg now married Jutta Schenk joined together with Martina Schröter in the double sculls and won three years after her Olympic victory and the world title. In 1980 she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver and in 1984 won a gold medal.

Jutta Schenk is a qualified PE teacher and worked according to her career as a trainer in Berlin.