Julia Lear ( him. Julia Lier ; born , ) - German rower , in favor of the German national team in rowing since 2008. Champion of the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , world champion, winner of many regattas of national and international importance.
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| Club | Galle ( Galle ) |
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| Growth | 182 cm |
| Weight | 72 kg |
Biography
Julia Lear was born on November 11, 1991 in the city of Ludwigsfeld , the state of Brandenburg . She was trained in Halle in the local eponymous rowing club.
For the first time declared itself in rowing in 2008, winning the gold medal in the pair of four at the junior world championship in Austria. A year later, in similar competitions in France, she won the pair-twos program.
In 2010, she won the pair fours at the World Youth Championship in Brest.
In 2011, the four were the best at the youth world championship in Amsterdam. She noted her performance at the home stage of the World Cup in Hamburg, where she showed the fourth result in twos.
In 2012, she single-handedly won the youth world championship in Trakai, in the same discipline she competed in the adult European Championship in Varese, but she could not get into the number of winners.
At the 2013 European Championships in Seville, she finished sixth in singles, while at the World Championships in Chungju she showed the fifth result in twos.
In 2014, in fours she was noted for victories at two stages of the World Cup, took silver at the European championship in Belgrade , was the best at the world championship in Amsterdam .
In 2015, she won a bronze medal in twos at the World Championships in Egbeleth , losing to the athletes from New Zealand and Greece in the final.
Received a silver medal in twos at the 2016 European Home Championships in Brandenburg , then represented the country at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . As part of a four-seater double crew, which also included rowers Annekatrin Thiele , Lisa Schmidla and Karina Behr , beat all their rivals in the final and won the Olympic gold medal. For this outstanding achievement, on November 1, 2016, she was awarded the highest sports award of Germany " Silver Bay Leaf " [1] .
After becoming an Olympic champion, Lear remained in the rowing team of Germany and continued to take part in major international regattas. So, in 2018, she performed in the four at the European Championships in Glasgow, but she was far from prize positions.
In addition to sports, he is also a member of the military, who studies as a physiotherapist. Before the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, along with swimmer Isabella Hurle , cyclist racer Nadia Price , tennis player Petrissa Solia and track and field athlete Katharina Bauer shot for the German version of Playboy magazine [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes (German) . www.bundespraesident.de . Bundespräsidialamt (1. November 2016). The appeal date is December 30, 2016.
- ↑ Diese deutschen Olympia-Stars ziehen sich für den "Playboy" aus
Links
- Julia Lear - Olympic statistics on the website Sports-Reference.com (English)
- Julia Lear - profile on the FISA website (English)
- Julia Lear (Eng.) - page on the website of the International Olympic Committee