Katrin Borchert

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Medal record
Women's Canoeing
Olympic Games
Competitor for Flag of Germany Germany
Silver 1992 Barcelona 500m Kayak Fours
Competitor for Flag of Australia Australia
Bronze 1996 Atlanta 500m Kayak Pairs
Bronze 2000 Sydney 500m Kayak Singles

Katrin Borchert was born on November 4, 1969 in Warren/Müritz, Germany, but is now a naturalised Australian and retired world-class kayaker. She won a silver medal for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Borchert represented Australia at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. With Anna Wood she won bronze in the women's K2 500 Olympic event. Two years later the same team was crowned champions in the K2 500 and K2 1.000m events at the World Championships in Hungary. Wood and Borchert again won the K2 1000 world champion title in 1999. At the Sydney Olympics the pairing came 6th in the K2 500, while she claimed bronze in the individual event.

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