Annegret Strauch

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameAnnegret•Strauch (-Hämisch)
Used nameAnnegret•Strauch
Born1 December 1968 in Radebeul, Sachsen (GER)
Measurements184 cm / 77 kg
AffiliationsSC Einheit Dresden, Dresden (GER) / SRG Undine, Saarbrücken (GER) / RV Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken (GER)
NOC East Germany Germany
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 0
Bronze 1
Total 2

Biography

Rower Annegret Strauch was a member of the East German eights at the 1988 Seoul Games, winning the gold medal. Four years later at Barcelona, she added a bronze medal with the now re-unified German eights. At World Championships, she won gold with the coxless fours in 1989, and bronze with the eights in 1990.

Domestically, Strauch won East German national title with the eights in 1988 and 1990, and the unified German national title in 1992. She was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award. By profession, she became a schoolteacher.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1988 Summer Olympics Rowing GDR Annegret Strauch
Eights, Women (Olympic) East Germany 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics Rowing GER Annegret Strauch
Eights, Women (Olympic) Germany 3 Bronze