Sabine Dähne started her sports career as a discus thrower, but in 1967 turned to rowing. The triple World Champion (1974 in the coxed fours and 1975 and 1977 in the coxless pairs) was also runner-up at the European Championships in the 1969 coxed fours, and the 1972 and 1973 coxed fours. In 1976 she was runner-up at the Olympics in Montréal in the coxless pairs with Angelika Noack. Domestically Dähne won national titles in the 1970-71 quadruple sculls, and in 1972-74 in the coxed fours. She was educated as a sports teacher, but later worked as a physiotherapist after German reunification.
East Germany