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Sarah Poewe Personal information Nationality South African and German Born March 3, 1983
Cape Town, South AfricaSport Sport Swimming Club Bayer-Wuppertal, Germany [1] Medal recordOlympic Games Bronze Athens 2004 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) Bronze 2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley Bronze 2009 Rome 4×100 m medley European Championships (LC) Silver 2006 Budapest 4x100 m medley European Championships (SC) Gold 2002 Riesa 100 m breaststroke Gold 2003 Dublin 50 m breaststroke Gold 2003 Dublin 100 m breaststroke Gold 2004 Vienna 50 m breaststroke Gold 2004 Vienna 100 m breaststroke Silver 2002 Riesa 50 m breaststroke Silver 2002 Riesa 200 m breaststroke Silver 2002 Riesa 4x50 m medley Silver 2003 Dublin 4x50 m medley Silver 2004 Vienna 4x50 m medley Bronze 2004 Vienna 200 m breaststroke Bronze 2007 Debrecen 50 m breaststroke Sarah Poewe (born March 3, 1983 in Cape Town, South Africa) is an Olympic Breaststroke swimmer, who has swum internationally for both South Africa and Germany.
At the age of 14, she made her international debut at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships. Sarah was the voted the Best Female Swimmer in the 1998 Junior Olympics in Moscow. When she was 17, Poewe competed for the South African swimming team in three events at the 2000 Olympic Games, and finished in fourth place.
In 2001, Poewe won the South African National Championships in the 100-meter breaststroke. At the 2001 World Championships, Poewe finished fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke.[2]
Poewe represented Germany in the 2004 Olympics.
See also
References
- ^ "Biographical Details". http://www.sarah-poewe.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=37. Retrieved June 27, 2009.
- ^ "Sarah Poewe". http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Poewe.html. Retrieved June 27, 2009.
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World Short Course Champions in Women's 50 m Breaststroke 1999: Masami Tanaka (JPN) · 2000: Sarah Poewe (RSA) · 2002: Emma Igelström (SWE) · 2004: Brooke Hanson (AUS) · 2006: Jade Edmistone (AUS) · 2008: Jessica Hardy (USA) · 2010: Rebecca Soni (USA)World Short Course Champions in Women's 100 m Breaststroke 1993: Dai Guohong (CHN) · 1995: Samantha Riley (AUS) · 1997: Kristy Ellem (AUS) · 1999: Masami Tanaka (JPN) · 2000: Sarah Poewe (RSA) · 2002: Emma Igelström (SWE) · 2004: Brooke Hanson (AUS) · 2006: Tara Kirk (USA) · 2008: Jessica Hardy (USA) · 2010: Rebecca Soni (USA)European Short Course Champions in Women's 50 m Breaststroke 1991: Peggy Hartung (GER) • 1992: Louise Karlsson (SWE) • 1993: Sylvia Gerasch (GER) • 1994: Emma Igelström (SWE) • 1996: Vera Lischka (AUT) • 1998: Sylvia Gerasch (GER) • 1999: Zoë Baker (GBR) • 2000 – 2002: Emma Igelström (SWE) • 2003 – 2004: Sarah Poewe (GER) • 2005 – 2006: Janne Schäfer (GER) • 2007: Janne Schäfer (GER) and Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) • 2008: Valentina Artemyeva (RUS) • 2009: Moniek Nijhuis (NED) • 2010: Dorothea Brandt (GER)
European Short Course Champions in Women's 100 m Breaststroke 1996: Terrie Miller (NOR) • 1998: Brigitte Becue (BEL) and Alicja Pęczak (POL) • 1999: Brigitte Becue (BEL) • 2000: Alicja Pęczak (POL) • 2001: Anne Poleska (GER) • 2002 – 2004: Sarah Poewe (GER) • 2005: Beata Kaminska (POL) • 2006: Anna Khlistunova (UKR) • 2007: Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) • 2008: Valentina Artemyeva (RUS) • 2009: Caroline Ruhnau (GER) • 2010: Moniek Nijhuis (NED)
Categories:- 1983 births
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