Marion Rohs Explained

Marion Rohs
Sport:Rowing
Club:SC Berlin-Grünau

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Zweier-ohne – Frauen (Plätze 1–3) . GDR rowing championships: Coxless pair – women (places 1–3) . . 3 October 2018 . de . Wilfried . Hoffmann.
  2. Web site: DDR-Rudermeisterschaften: Riemenvierer – Frauen (Plätze 1–3) . GDR rowing championships: Four – women (places 1–3) . . 3 October 2018 . de . Wilfried . Hoffmann.
  3. Web site: 1977 World Rowing Championships: (W4+) Women's Coxed Four – Final . WorldRowing.com . . 3 October 2018.
  4. News: Viele Berliner unter den Ausgezeichneten . Many Berliners among the award winners . 3 October 2018 . . 34 . 32 . 7 February 1978 . 11 . de .
  5. News: DDR-Ruderaufgebot für die Weltmeisterschaft . GDR rowing team for the World Championship . 3 October 2018 . . 33 . 240 . 11 October 1978 . 5 . de .