Liane Weigelt-Buhr

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameLiane•Weigelt-Buhr
Used nameLiane•Weigelt-Buhr
Born11 March 1956 in Pritzwalk, Brandenburg (GER)
Measurements154 cm / 42 kg
AffiliationsSWG Dynamo Potsdam
NOC East Germany
Medals OG
Gold 2
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 2

Biography

Liane Weigelt was a member of the East German gold medal winning coxed quadruple sculls at both the 1976 Montréal Summer Olympics, when women’s rowing was on the agenda for the first time, and the 1980 Moskva Games, now under her married name Buhr. In 1974-75 and 1979 she won the World Championships.

Domestically, she won national titles in 1975 and 1979. Weigelt-Buhr studied medicine between 1975-79 and later ran her own practice in Fichtenwalde.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1976 Summer Olympics Rowing GDR Liane Weigelt
Coxed Quadruple Sculls, Women (Olympic) East Germany 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Rowing GDR Liane Buhr
Coxed Quadruple Sculls, Women (Olympic) East Germany 1 Gold