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Annekatrin Thiele

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Annekatrin Thiele
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroQuadruple sculls
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingDouble sculls
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonQuadruple sculls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 ChungjiuW4x
Gold medal – first place2014 AmsterdamW4x
Silver medal – second place2015 AiguebeletteW4x

Annekatrin Thiele (born 18 October 1984 in Sangerhausen) is a German rower, who competed at three Olympic Games.

Biography

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Thiele competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal in double sculls with Christiane Huth.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she again won a silver medal, this time in the women's quadruple sculls.[2] She has also twice won World Championship gold, both times in the women's quadruple sculls.[3] At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro she competed in women's quadruple sculls competition in which the German team won the gold medal.[4]

In 2017, Thiele won the Princess Royal Challenge Cup (the premier women's singles sculls event) at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for SC DHfK Leipzig e.V.[5] She studied sports science at Leipzig University, and after retirement worked as a control officer and sports director in Leipzig.[6]

References

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  1. "Ann-Katrin Thiele - Olympics Athletes - 2008 Summer Olympics - Beijing, China - ESPN". ESPN. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Annekatrin Thiele". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. "Annekatrin THIELE - worldrowing.com". Worldrowing.com. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  4. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  5. "Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  6. https://worldrowing.com/2025/08/18/where-are-they-now-annekatrin-thiele/
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