German sprint canoer Maike Nollen crewed Birgit Fischer, Katrin Wagner, and Carolin Leonhardt in the kayak fours over 500 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics. They won the gold medal and subsequently awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award.
At European Championships Nollen won one silver (2005 in the kayak doubles over 500 metres) and two bronze medals (2004 in the kayak singles over 500 metres and 2005 in the kayak doubles over 1,000 metres). At the Worlds she added two more silvers (2002 in the kayak fours over 500 metres, and in 2005 in the kayak doubles over 1,000 metres), and a bronze (2002 in the kayak fours over 200 metres). Nollen graduated in food chemistry studies.
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