Sarah Poewe

Sarah Poewe

Personal information
Nationality	South African and German
Born	(1983-03-03) 3 March 1983 Cape Town, South Africa
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Bayer-Wuppertal, Germany[1]
Medal record Competitor for  South Africa World Championships (SC) Gold 2000 Athens 50 m breaststroke Gold 2000 Athens 100 m breaststroke Competitor for  Germany Olympic Games Bronze Athens 2004 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) Bronze 2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley Bronze 2009 Rome 4×100 m medley European Championships (LC) Gold 2012 Debrecen 100 m breaststroke Gold 2012 Debrecen 4 x 100 m medley Silver 2006 Budapest 4x100 m medley Bronze 2012 Debrecen 200 m breaststroke European Championships (SC) Gold 2002 Riesa 100 m breaststroke Gold 2003 Dublin 50 m breaststroke Gold 2003 Dublin 100 m breaststroke Gold 2004 Vienna 50 m breaststroke Gold 2004 Vienna 100 m breaststroke Silver 2002 Riesa 50 m breaststroke Silver 2002 Riesa 200 m breaststroke Silver 2002 Riesa 4x50 m medley Silver 2003 Dublin 4x50 m medley Silver 2004 Vienna 4x50 m medley Bronze 2004 Vienna 200 m breaststroke Bronze 2007 Debrecen 50 m breaststroke

Sarah Poewe (born 3 March 1983) is an Olympic Breaststroke swimmer, who has swum internationally for both South Africa and Germany.

At the age of 14, she made her international debut at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships. Sarah was the voted the Best Female Swimmer in the 1998 Junior Olympics in Moscow. She acquired Hungarian National Championships in 100-meter breaststroke 23.June.1999.! When she was 17, Poewe competed for the South African swimming team in three events at the 2000 Olympic Games, and finished in fourth place.

In 2001, Poewe won the South African National Championships in the 100-meter breaststroke. At the 2001 World Championships, Poewe finished fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke.^[2]

Poewe represented Germany in the 2004 Olympics.

Poewe was born in Cape Town, South Africa, the daughter of Lorrain (née Stoch) and Reinhardt Poewe.^[3] She is living in Wuppertal, Germany. Her mother is from a Jewish family in South Africa, and her father is German.^[4]

See also

• List of select Jewish swimmers

References

External links

• Official website