Sarah Poewe

Sarah Poewe
Personal information
Full nameSarah Poewe
Nationality South Africa
 Germany
Born (1983-03-03) 3 March 1983 (age 41)
Cape Town, South Africa
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubBayer-Wuppertal, Germany[1]
College teamUniversity of Georgia (U.S.)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  South Africa
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2000 Athens 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2000 Athens 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2002 Moscow 100 m breaststroke
Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Sydney 200 m breaststroke
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester 100 m breaststroke
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome 4×100 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2012 Debrecen 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2012 Debrecen 4 x 100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2006 Budapest 4x100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Debrecen 200 m breaststroke
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2002 Riesa 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2003 Dublin 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2003 Dublin 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2004 Vienna 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2004 Vienna 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2002 Riesa 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2002 Riesa 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2002 Riesa 4x50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2003 Dublin 4x50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2004 Vienna 4x50 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Vienna 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Debrecen 50 m breaststroke

Sarah Poewe (born 3 March 1983) is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer who has competed internationally for both South Africa and Germany.

Poewe was born in Cape Town, South Africa, the daughter of Lorrain (née Stoch) and Reinhardt Poewe.[2] She lives in Wuppertal, Germany. Her mother is from a Jewish family in South Africa, and her father is German.[3]

At the age of 14, she made her international debut at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships. Poewe was the voted the Best Female Swimmer in the 1998 Junior Olympics in Moscow. She won the Hungarian National Championships in 100-meter breaststroke 23 June 1999.[citation needed] 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 the women's 100 m breaststroke.[4]

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.[5]

Poewe represented Germany in the 2004 Olympics, where she was part of the team that won the bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 m medley.[4] She also represented Germany at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[4] In Beijing 2008, she swam in the 100m and 200m breaststroke and the 4 × 100 m medley but didn't medal in any race. In London 2012, Poewe swam in the 100m breaststroke and the 4 × 100 m medley, and again didn't medal in either race. She placed 9th in the 4 × 100 m medleys for the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]

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  2. ^ "JulySha" (PDF). Shattill.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. ^ Krauss, Martin (11 September 2008). ""Aber ich bin doch nichts Besonderes"". Jüdische Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Sarah Poewe Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Sarah Poewe". Jewish Virtual Library. 3 March 1983. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Sarah Poewe". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 March 2022.