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Jana Sorgers
Personal information
Born
(1967-08-04) 4 August 1967 (age 56) Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Height
182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight
77 kg (170 lb)[2]
Spouse
Oliver Rau
Sport
Sport
Rowing
Club
SC Dynamo Berlin SG Dynamo Potsdam
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing East Germany
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul
Quadruple sculls
World Rowing Championships
1986 Nottingham
Quadruple sculls
1987 Copenhagen
Quadruple sculls
1989 Bled
Double sculls
1990 Tasmania
Quadruple sculls
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta
Quadruple sculls
World Rowing Championships
1991 Wien
Quadruple sculls
1994 Indianapolis
Quadruple sculls
1995 Tampere
Quadruple sculls
Jana Sorgers (married name Jana Sorgers-Rau, born 4 August 1967) is a German rower who was a dominant sculler of her time, starting her career for the East German rowing team and continuing after the German reunification for the combined Germany for a few more years. Between 1986 and 1996, she won two Olympic gold medals, seven world championship titles, and nine national titles. Upon the conclusion of her successful career, she was awarded the Thomas Keller Medal by the International Rowing Federation (FISA) – the highest honour in rowing.
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