Steffi Kriegerstein Explained

Steffi Kriegerstein (born 3 November 1992) is a German canoeist. She competed in the women's K-4 500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics where the team won a silver medal.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

In 2015 she was world champion in the K2 1000 meters in Milan, and won silver and bronze in the K4 2017 and 2018 World Cup.^[4]

She missed the 2020 Summer Olympics because of a COVID-19 infection, and retired in 2022, age 29, due to the effects of Long COVID.

Notes and References

Web site: Steffi Kriegerstein . 19 August 2016 . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815080855/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/steffi-kriegerstein# . 15 August 2016 . live .
Web site: 2016 Summer Olympics Bio-Steffi Kriegerstein – ESPN. 20 August 2016. ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918091857/https://www.espn.co.uk/figure-skating/summer/2016/athletes/_/athlete/59765#. 18 September 2016. live.
Web site: Tom Liebscher und Steffi Kriegerstein buchen dast Olympia-Ticket. 20 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160917234444/http://m.dnn.de/Sport/Regionalsport/Tom-Liebscher-und-Steffi-Kriegerstein-buchen-das-Olympia-Ticket#. 17 September 2016. live.
News: 2022-08-17 . Kanu: Steffi Kriegerstein muss ihre Karriere wegen Long Covid beenden . de . Der Spiegel . 2022-08-19 . 2195-1349.