Carola Zirzow
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
East German canoeist (born 1954)
 Zirzow (right) and Bärbel Köster while training in Montreal, 1976 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's canoe sprint | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1976 Montreal | K-1 500 m |
 | 1976 Montreal | K-2 500 m |
| World Championships | ||
| 1974 Mexico City | K-4 500 m |
| 1975 Belgrade | K-2 500 m |
| 1975 Belgrade | K-4 500 m |
Carola Zirzow (born 15 September 1954, in Prenzlau) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s. She won two medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a gold in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events.[1]
Zirzow also won three gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one in the K-2 500 m event (1975) and two in the K-4 500 m (1974, 1975).
- ↑ "Carola ZIRZOW - Olympic Canoe Sprint", International Olympic Committee, 12 June 2016, retrieved 18 January 2019
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carola Zirzow". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
|
|
  | This article about a canoeing Olympic medalist for Germany is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |