Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski

Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski is a German rower and two-time [Summer Summer Olympic Games|Olympic Games|Olympic] gold medalist.

Biography

In both 1994 and 1995 Rutschow won the world championships gold medal in the quadruple sculls and was part of the gold medal winning team that won the Women's quadruple sculls with fellow Germans, Jana Sorgers, Kerstin Köppen and Kathrin Boron.
Rutschow married Bernhard Stomporowski, a lightweight men's world championship medallist, in December 1999 and afterwards competed as Rutschow-Stomporowski.
In 1999, she won the Princess Royal Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for RC Wannsee Berlin.
Rutschow-Stomporowski won a second Olympic gold medal in the single sculls at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, deposing defending champion Ekaterina Karsten.