Brigitte Amm
East German rower
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Brigitte Amm is a retired East German rower who won one gold and four silver medals at European championships between 1961 and 1966.[2]
Amm at the 1966 European Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SCW DHfK Leipzig[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 1961 East German national championships she became national champion with the women's eight.[3] The women's eight, made up solely of rowers from SCW DHfK Leipzig, was sent to the 1961 European Rowing Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia, where they won silver.[4] In December 1961, seven of the eight rowers were given a Master of Sport award (Gisela Schirmer and their coxswain missed out).[5]