Marion Rohs

Marion Rohs is a rower who competed for East Germany in the 1970s.

Marion Rohs

Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	SC Berlin-Grünau
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  East Germany World Rowing Championships 1977 Amsterdam Coxed four

At the 1976 East German national championships, Rohs teamed up with Vanadies Lippold and they came second in the coxless pair; it was, however, the year that women's rowing was introduced at the Olympic Games and the Olympic team members did not participate at the national championships.^[1] At the 1977 East German national championships, Rohs won the coxed four title alongside Bärbel Bendiks, Katja Rothe, Ilona Richter, and coxswain Marina Wilke.^[2] That team went to the 1977 World Rowing Championships on the Bosbaan rowing lake in the Netherlands where they became world champions.^[3] In February 1978, she was given two sports awards: Master of Sport and Honored Master of Sports.^[4] Rohs travelled as a reserve to the 1978 World Rowing Championships in New Zealand but did not compete.^[5]

References

1. Hoffmann, Wilfried. "DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Zweier-ohne – Frauen (Plätze 1–3)" [GDR rowing championships: Coxless pair – women (places 1–3)] (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
2. Hoffmann, Wilfried. "DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Riemenvierer – Frauen (Plätze 1–3)" [GDR rowing championships: Four – women (places 1–3)] (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
3. "1977 World Rowing Championships: (W4+) Women's Coxed Four – Final". WorldRowing.com. International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
4. "Viele Berliner unter den Ausgezeichneten" [Many Berliners among the award winners]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 34, no. 32. 7 February 1978. p. 11. Retrieved 3 October 2018.(registration required)
5. "DDR-Ruderaufgebot für die Weltmeisterschaft" [GDR rowing team for the World Championship]. Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 33, no. 240. 11 October 1978. p. 5. Retrieved 3 October 2018.(registration required)

External links

• Marion Rohs at World Rowing