Liane Buhr
Personal information
Born (1956-03-11) 11 March 1956 (age 67)
Pritzwalk, Bezirk Potsdam, East Germany
Height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight42 kg (93 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubSG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Coxed quad sculls
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Coxed quad sculls
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1974 Lucerne Coxed quad sculls
Gold medal – first place 1975 Nottingham Coxed quad sculls
Gold medal – first place 1979 Bled Coxed quad sculls

Liane Buhr (née Weigelt, born 11 March 1956 in Pritzwalk, Bezirk Potsdam) is a German rowing coxswain who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. She won medals at the international rowing competitions.[1]

After the 1976 Summer Olympics, she took a break from rowing, started a medical degree and married. She returned to international rowing as Liane Buhr at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Cambridge, New Zealand, where she came fourth in the women's coxed quad sculls.[2]

Buhr is a general practitioner in Fichtenwalde, a suburb of Beelitz in Brandenburg.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Liane Weigelt-Buhr". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
    - "Rudern - DDR - Meisterschaften Damen". Sport-Komplett.
    - "Olympische Ruderregatten seit 1896: Deutsche Medaillenerfolge – Gold, Silber und Bronze" [Olympic rowing regattas since 1896: German medal successes – gold, silver and bronze] (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08 e.V. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
    - "Ruder-Weltmeisterschaften seit 1962: Deutsche Medaillenerfolge – Gold, Silber und Bronze" [World Rowing Championships since 1962: German medal successes – gold, silver and bronze] (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08 e.V. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Liane Buhr-Weigel". International Rowing Federation. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Einrichtungen zur medizinischen Versorgung" [Medical care facilities] (in German). Fichtenwalde local council. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

External links


Olympic champions – Women's quadruple sculls
World champions – Women's quadruple sculls
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