Ekaterina Karsten

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Ekaterina Karsten
Medal record
Women's Rowing
Olympic Games
Competitor for  Belarus
Gold Atlanta 1996 Single sculls
Gold Sydney 2000 Single sculls
Silver Athens 2004 Single sculls
Bronze Beijing 2008 Single sculls
World Championships
Gold 1997 Lac d'Aiguebelette Single sculls
Gold 1999 St. Catharines Single sculls
Gold 2005 Kaizu, Gifu Single sculls
Gold 2006 Eton Single sculls
Gold 2007 Munich Single sculls
Gold 2009 Poznań Single sculls
Silver 2002 Seville Single sculls
Silver 2003 Milan Quadruple sculls
Silver 2010 Hamilton Single sculls
Silver 2011 Bled Single sculls
Bronze 2001 Lucerne Single sculls
Bronze 2001 Lucerne Double sculls
Bronze 2002 Seville Quadruple sculls
Bronze 2003 Milan Single sculls
Bronze 2013 Chungju Double sculls
Competitor for  Unified Team
Bronze Barcelona 1992 Quadruple sculls
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Bronze 1991 Vienna Double sculls

Ekaterina Karsten (Belarusian: Кацярына Карстэн, Kaciaryna Karsten; Russian: Екатерина Карстен; born June 2, 1972) is a famous rower from Minsk, Belarus, an Olympic champion and world champion in single sculls.

She is a two-times Olympic champion and six times World Champion. She won Olympic gold in single sculls in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens she won a silver medal and in 2008 she picked up a bronze. She also won the World championships in single sculls in 1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009, was runner up in 2002 and 2010 and got bronze in 2001 and 2003. She won the European Championships in 2009 and 2010. She won the world junior championships in 1990.[1]

Her maiden name is Khodotovitch (Ходотович), and she is also sometimes referred to as Ekaterina Karsten-Khodotovitch. Currently she lives and trains in Germany with her German husband in Potsdam.

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