East German rower
Birgit Peter (born 27 January 1964)[1] is a German rower and double Olympic gold medalist.
Life and career
Peter was born in Potsdam, East Germany. She competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo, and she won medals at various international rowing competitions.[2][3][4] In October 1986, she was awarded a Patriotic Order of Merit in gold (first class) for her sporting success.[5] The Olympic gold medal that she won in 1988 in the double sculls teamed up with Martina Schröter was the 500th Olympic medal won by East Germany.[6]
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- 1976:
 Borchmann, Lau, Poley, Zobelt, Weigelt (GDR)
- 1980: Reinhardt, Ploch, Lau, Zobelt, Buhr (GDR)
- 1984:
 Țăran, Sorohan, Badea, Corban, Oancia (ROU)
- 1988: Förster, Mundt, Schramm, Sorgers (GDR)
- 1992:
 Schmidt, Peter, Müller, Mundt (GER)
- 1996: Rutschow-Stomporowski, Sorgers, Köppen, Boron (GER)
- 2000: M. Kowalski, Evers, Lutze, K. Kowalski (GER)
- 2004: Boron, Evers, Lutze, El Qalqili (GER)
- 2008:
 Tang, Xi, Jin, Zhang (CHN)
- 2012:
 Tarasenko, Dovhodko, Kozhenkova, Dementyeva (UKR)
- 2016: Thiele, Bär, Lier, Schmidla (GER)
- 2020: Chen, Zhang, Lü, Cui (CHN)
- 2024:
 Henry, Scott, Anderson, Brayshaw (GBR)
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| Coxed (1974–1983) |
- 1974:
 (Roswietha Reichel, Ursula Wagner, Jutta Lau, Sybille Tietze, cox Liane Weigelt)
- 1975: (Roswietha Zobelt, Ursula Unger, Jutta Lau, Anke Grünberg, cox Liane Weigelt)
- 1977: (Sybille Tietze, Viola Kowalschek, Petra Boesler, Sabine Gust, cox Elke Rost)
- 1978:
 (Anka Bakova, Dolores Nakova, Rositsa Spasova, Rumelyana Boncheva, cox Anka Georgieva)
- 1979: (Sybille Tietze, Christine Röpke, Jutta Lau, Roswietha Zobelt, cox Liane Buhr)
- 1981:
 (Tatyana Danilova, Olga Kaspina, Yelena Khloptseva, Larisa Popova, cox Maria Zemskova-Korotkova)
- 1982: (Larisa Popova, Yelena Khloptseva, Olga Kaspina, Tatiana Bachkatova, cox Maria Zemskova-Korotkova)
- 1983: (Tatiana Bachkatova, Olga Kaspina, Yelena Khloptseva, Larisa Popova, cox Maria Zemskova-Korotkova)
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| Coxless (1985–pres.) |
- 1985: (Ramona Balthasar, Birgit Peter, Jutta Hampe, Kristina Mundt)
- 1986: (Kerstin Pieloth, Birgit Peter, Kerstin Hinze, Jana Sorgers)
- 1987: (Kerstin Pieloth, Birgit Peter, Jutta Hampe, Jana Sorgers)
- 1989: (Kathrin Boron, Sybille Schmidt, Jutta Behrendt, Jana Thieme)
- 1990: (Kerstin Köppen, Claudia Krüger, Sybille Schmidt, Jana Sorgers)
- 1991:
 (Kerstin Köppen, Claudia Krüger, Sybille Schmidt, Jana Sorgers)
- 1993:
 (Cao Mianying, Gu Xiaoli, Liu Xirong, Zhang Xiuyun)
- 1994: (Kerstin Köppen, Kristina Mundt, Katrin Rutschow, Jana Sorgers)
- 1995: (Kerstin Köppen, Katrin Rutschow, Jana Sorgers, Jana Thieme)
- 1997: (Kathrin Boron, Kerstin Köppen, Manuela Lutze, Jana Thieme)
- 1998: (Kathrin Boron, Manuela Lutze, Jana Thieme, Christiane Will)
- 1999: (Maren Derlien, Meike Evers, Kerstin Kowalski, Manuela Lutze)
- 2001: (Peggy Waleska, Marita Scholz, Manuela Lutze, Manja Kowalski)
- 2002: (Peggy Waleska, Marita Scholz, Manuela Lutze, Kerstin El Qalqili-Kowalski)
- 2003:
 (Jane Robinson, Dana Faletic, Kerry Hore, Amber Bradley)
- 2005:
 (Rebecca Romero, Sarah Winckless, Frances Houghton, Katherine Grainger)
- 2006: (Debbie Flood, Sarah Winckless, Frances Houghton, Katherine Grainger)
- 2007: (Annabel Vernon, Debbie Flood, Frances Houghton, Katherine Grainger)
- 2009:
 (Svitlana Spiriukhova, Tetiana Kolesnikova, Anastasiya Kozhenkova, Yana Dementyeva)
- 2010: (Debbie Flood, Beth Rodford, Frances Houghton, Annabel Vernon)
- 2011: (Julia Richter, Tina Manker, Stephanie Schiller, Britta Oppelt)
- 2013: (Annekatrin Thiele, Carina Bär, Julia Richter, Britta Oppelt)
- 2014: (Annekatrin Thiele, Carina Bär, Julia Lier, Lisa Schmidla)
- 2015:
 (Amanda Elmore, Tracy Eisser, Megan Kalmoe, Olivia Coffey)
- 2017:
 (Olivia van Rooijen, Inge Janssen, Sophie Souwer, Nicole Beukers)
- 2018:
 (Agnieszka Kobus, Marta Wieliczko, Maria Springwald, Katarzyna Zillmann)
- 2019: (Chen Yunxia, Zhang Ling, Lü Yang, Cui Xiaotong)
- 2022: (Chen Yunxia, Zhang Ling, Lü Yang, Cui Xiaotong)
- 2023: (Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson, Georgina Brayshaw)
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