Meike Evers

German rower Meike Evers participated in the single sculls at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but finished a disappointing 13th. She then moved to the quadruple sculls and won two gold medals at the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Games. She also won gold medals at the 1997 (double sculls) and the 1999 (quadruple sculls) World Championships.

Nationally, Evers won four gold medals, three silvers and one bronze. In 2005, she was awarded Germany’s highest sports award, the Silver Bay Leaf. She became a member of the athlete’s commission at the World Doping Agency (WADA). In 2017, she was elected vice-president of the Regional Sports Association of Schleswig-Holstein. By profession, she was a detective superintendent.