Brigitte Ahrenholz

Brigitte Ahrenholz (8 August 1952 – March or April 2018) was a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Brigitte Ahrenholz

Personal information
Born	8 August 1952 Potsdam, East Germany
Died	March or April 2018 (aged 65)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  East Germany 1976 Montreal Eight World Rowing Championships 1974 Lucerne Eight European Rowing Championships 1971 Copenhagen Eight 1973 Moscow Coxed quad scull

She was born in Potsdam. In 1976 she was a crew member of the East German boat that won the gold medal in the eight event.[1] After her rowing career, she studied medicine and graduated in 1983. At first she worked at the Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain as a surgeon before moving to Werder where she continued as a surgeon until her retirement.[2][3]

Ahrenholz was last seen on the evening of 3 March 2018,[3] reported to Police as missing the following morning[4] and was found dead on 7 April 2018, age 65. Her cause of death is currently unknown.[5]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brigitte Ahrenholz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
2. Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. p. 8. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.
3. "Leiche von Olympiasiegerin in See entdeckt" [Dead body of Olympic champion discovered at lake]. n-tv (in German). 9 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
4. "Ehemalige Ruder-Olympiasiegerin vermisst" [Former rowing Olympic champion missing]. Märkische Allgemeine (in German). 7 March 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
5. "Olympiasiegerin Brigitte Ahrenholz ist tot" [Olympic champion Brigitte Ahrenholz is dead]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 9 April 2018.