Gabriele Mel ( German: Gabriele Mehl ; born , ) is a German rower who played for the national teams of Germany and united Germany in rowing in the late 1980s - early 1990s x years. Bronze medalist of the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona , winner of silver and bronze medals of the World Championships, winner of many regattas of national and international importance.
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| Club | Baldenayse ( Essen ) |
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| Growth | 184 cm |
| Weight | 74 kg |
Biography
Gabriele Mel was born on February 25, 1967 in the city of Hagenbach , Germany . She was trained in Essen in a rowing club located on the Baldenayse reservoir.
She first appeared in rowing in the 1987 season, when she won a silver medal at the FRG championship in the standings of oar wheelless twos. Once in the main team of the West German national team, she performed at the World Cup in Copenhagen , where she finished fifth in the eights.
Thanks to a series of successful performances, she was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul - she started here in the eights program, settling down in the final protocol of the competitions on the seventh line.
The first serious success at the adult international level was achieved in the 1990 season, when she went to the world championship in Tasmania and brought back the silver dignity award won in the classification of wheelless fours - only the crew from Romania passed it in the final.
Since 1991, she represented the national team of the united Germany, in particular this season she performed at the World Championships in Vienna , where she won a bronze medal in four-wheelless quadruples - lost to the Canadian and American athletes at the finish line.
As one of the leaders of the German rowing team, Mel successfully passed the selection for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona - this time as part of the four-seat steeringless crew, which also included the rowers Annette Hon , Antje Frank and Birte Zich , finished third in the final behind the crews from Canada and the United States - thereby won the bronze Olympic medal [1] . For this outstanding achievement, on June 23, 1993, she was awarded the highest sports award in Germany “ Silver Bay Leaf ” [2] .
After the Barcelona Olympics, Gabriele Mel remained for some time in the German national team and continued to take part in major international regattas. So, in 1993, she performed at the World Championships in Rachitsa , where she took fourth place in the program of swing armless fours.
In 1994, at the world championship in Indianapolis, she showed the fourth result in oar wheelless deuces. Soon after the end of these competitions, she decided to end her sports career.
Notes
- ↑ Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland: Barcelona 92. Die deutsche Olympiamannschaft . Frankfurt am main 1992
- ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: Der Bundespräsident und seine Aufgaben im Bereich des Sportes: ... am 23. Juni 1993 zeichnete Bundespräsident von Weizsäcker ... behinderte und nicht behinderte Sportler, und zwar die Medaillengewinner der Olympischen und Paralympischen Spieleenus demieberlin lemder dem
Links
- Gabriele Mel - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Gabriele Mel - profile on the FISA website
- Gabriele Mel (English) - page on the website of the International Olympic Committee