Martina Walther

Martina Walther ( born October 5, 1963 in Zeulenroda ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic. 1988 she succeeded in foursomes with control women's Olympic victory.

1979 appeared in the newspaper Junge Welt an indication of the SC Berlin- Grunau, in the tall boys and girls were sought for the rowing department. Martina Walther, who was 1.80 meters tall the age of 15, came forward, pulled from Thuringia to Berlin and began rowing. In 1981, she won four with coxswain at the Spartakiade. In 1985 he was in the aft of the first East German champion. The World Rowing Championships 1985, the GDR eight won the silver medal behind the boat from the Soviet Union. A year later, Walther launched at the World Championships along with Kathrin Haacker in two without tax woman behind the boats from Romania and the Soviet Union occupied the two third place.

In the GDR Rowing Championships in 1987 in two uncontrolled occupied two boats of the SC Berlin- Grunau the first two places: The winners Carola Hornig and Gerlinde Doberschütz before Birte Siech and Martina Walther. Together with tax Sylvia Müller won the four rowers also in the GDR championships in four. At the World Championships in Copenhagen, the five ladies won silver behind the Romanian quad. 1988 repeated the rowers their East German champion in four. At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul the five rowers won gold in front of the boats from China and Romania. For this Olympic victory she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold. 1989 won Martina Walther with the GDR rollercoaster again World Championship silver behind the Romanians.

In addition to her athletic career, Martina Walther had a degree in physiotherapy, after the turn they trained to clerk for.

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