Manja Kowalski

Manja Kowalski ( born January 25, 1976 in Potsdam ) is a retired German rower who was Olympic champion in 2000.

The rower of the Potsdam Rowing Society in 1993 Junior World Champion in the quadruple sculls after they had already become second in the double sculls in 1992; In 1994 she took the sculls second place. Manja Kowalski then took a few years before they prevailed in the adult class. In 1999, she won along with Kathrin Boron, the German championship in double sculls. At the World Cup but then sat Jana Thieme with Kathrin Boron in the double sculls, while Manja Kowalski was nominated only as Ersatzruderin. 2000 won the championship title in Manja Kowalski sculls and qualified for the Olympics. There she was awarded together with Meike Evers, Manuela Lutze and her twin sister Kerstin Kowalski gold with two seconds ahead of the British women, which in turn were a hundredth of a second ahead of the Russians. 2001 won Manja Kowalski their second league title in the quadruple sculls and at the World Championships on the Rotsee in Lucerne, she won along with Marita Scholz, Peggy Waleska and Manuela Lutze. In 2002, the protégé of coach Jutta Lau ended his career.