Brigitte Ahrenholz

Brigitte Irene Ahrenholz was a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
She was born in Potsdam. In 1976 she was a crew member of the East German boat that won the gold medal in the Rowing at the [1976 Summer Olympics – Women's eight|eight event]. After her rowing career, she studied medicine and graduated in 1983. At first she worked at the Vivantes Klinikum [im Friedrichshain] as a surgeon before moving to Werder where she continued as a surgeon until her retirement.
Ahrenholz was last seen on the evening of 3 March 2018, reported to Police as missing the following morning and was found dead over a month later, on 7 April 2018, aged 65. Her cause of death is currently unknown.