Romy Saalfeld

Romy Saalfeld ( born December 14, 1960 in Weissenfels ) is a former rower from the GDR. 1980 she succeeded in foursomes with control women's Olympic victory.

A trained mechanical engineer in went to as a student for the SC DHfK Leipzig and trained with Herta Weissig. In 1978 she won at the Junior World Championships in the quad with coxswain. In 1979, she rowed in the second of four Leipzig, but in 1980 they moved into the first boat. At the Olympic Games in 1980 she was in Leipzig four, who won in the cast Ramona Kapheim, Silvia Cheerful, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld and control Kirsten Wenzel with just over a second ahead of the Bulgarians Olympic gold. For this achievement, she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver. At the World Cup 1981, the foursome with Viola Kestler for Ramona Kapheim and Marita Sand finished second behind the Soviet boat for Angelika Noack. Saalfeld was married to the rowers Ronald pot. She works at IBM.