Sarah Poewe
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sarah Poewe |
| Nationality |  South Africa Germany |
| Born | 3 March 1983 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Club | Bayer-Wuppertal, Germany[1] |
| College team | University of Georgia (U.S.) |
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Sarah Poewe (born 3 March 1983) is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer who has competed internationally for both South Africa and Germany.
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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[2] She also represented Germany at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]
Poewe was born in Cape Town, South Africa, the daughter of Lorrain (née Stoch) and Reinhardt Poewe.[4] She lives in Wuppertal, Germany. Her mother is from a Jewish family in South Africa, and her father is German.[5]
See also[]
- List of select Jewish swimmers
- Georgia Bulldogs
References[]
- ^ "人気ED治療薬レビトラ｜レビトラ10mg4錠ED治療薬通販". Sarah-poewe.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ "Sarah Poewe". Jewish Virtual Library. 3 March 1983. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "JulySha" (PDF). Shattill.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ Krauss, Martin (11 September 2008). ""Aber ich bin doch nichts Besonderes"". Jüdische Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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