Viola Poley

Viola Poley
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Coxed quad sculls
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 Amsterdam Coxed quad sculls

Viola Poley (later Kowalschek, born 13 April 1955) is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

She was born in Berlin in 1955. In 1976, she was a crew member of the East German boat, which won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls event under her maiden name.[1] She competed at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in the coxed quad sculls under her married name and won gold.[2] In February 1978, she was given the sports awards Honoured Master of Sports.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Viola Poley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. ^ "(ohne Titel)" [(no title)]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 33, no. 204. 29 August 1977. p. 6. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Viele Berliner unter den Ausgezeichneten" [Many Berliners among the award winners]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 34, no. 32. 7 February 1978. p. 11. Retrieved 3 October 2018.


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