Karin Riedel
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| Years active | 1980–1985 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Adelaide University Boat Club | |||||||||||||||||
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Karin Riedelis an Australian national champion and former national representative lightweight rower. She represented Australia at twoWorld Rowing Championshipswinning medals at both.
Club and state rowing
[edit]Riedel's senior rowing was done from theAdelaide University Boat Club.
Riedel made her state representative debut in 1982 when selected along with her sister Rita in the South Australian women's lightweight four to contest the Victoria Cup in the Interstate Regatta within theAustralian Rowing Championships.[1]She contested further Victoria Cups for South Australia in 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986. She stroked all those crews in excepting 1985.[2]
Wearing Adelaide University colours Riedel competed for national titles at theAustralian Rowing Championshipson numerous occasions. She won the women's lightweight pair championship in 1984 and 1985 withAmanda Cross.[3]She contested the lightweight four title in 1984 and 1985.[4]
International representative rowing
[edit]Riedel made her Australian representative debut in Montreal in 1984 at thefirst World Rowing Championshipsthat included lightweight events. There was no FISA championship for the women's eight but Australia sent crews to contest the eights races in anticipation of such events being included in later FISA programmes. The crew performed well taking the silver medal with Riedel and her Australian champion team-mate Amanda Cross in the bow end.[5]
In 1985 Riedel stroked the Australian lightweight coxless four who took the bronze medal at the1985 World Rowing Championshipsin Hazewinkel.[5]
References
[edit]- ^"1983 Interstate Regatta".Archived fromthe originalon 18 October 2018.Retrieved11 June2018.
- ^"1990 Interstate Regatta".Archived fromthe originalon 28 April 2018.Retrieved11 June2018.
- ^1984 Australian Championships
- ^1985 Interstate Regatta
- ^abRiedel at World Rowing