Silken Suzette Laumann, MSC is a Canadian champion rower. Starting in 1976, Laumann won a number of awards, including a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the U.S. Championships, two gold medals in single sculls at the Pan American Games, a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics in the double sculls with her sister Daniele. At the 1988 Olympics, Laumann finished seventh in the double scull.
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- Silken Suzette Laumann, MSC is a Canadian champion rower. Starting in 1976, Laumann won a number of awards, including a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the U.S. Championships, two gold medals in single sculls at the Pan American Games, a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics in the double sculls with her sister Daniele. At the 1988 Olympics, Laumann finished seventh in the double scull. Laumann won a silver medal in single sculls at the 1990 World Championships, and the gold medal at the following year's World Championships. Arguably the most famous incident in Laumann's life was during her training leading up to the 1992 Summer Olympics. One of the odds-on favourites to capture a gold medal, her shell was involved in a collision with the boat of German coxless pair team Colin von Ettinghausen and Peter Hoeltzenbein on May 15, 1992. Despite serious injuries to her leg (in her words, "I looked at the leg for a few seconds and knew it was serious when my muscle was hanging at my ankle and I could see the bone"), five operations and a total stay in the hospital of approximately three weeks, Laumann was back on the water training by late June. Her efforts paid off with a bronze medal, and she was subsequently named Canadian of the Year by the Canadian Club in recognition and was selected to carry the Canadian Flag in the closing ceremonies of the Olympics. After a one-year absence to allow the injury to further heal, Laumann resumed competing in 1994, and she won a silver at the 1995 World Championships. She also won a gold medal as part of a quad sculls team at the 1995 Pan American Games, but was subsequently stripped of the medals after testing positive for pseudoephedrine (which she claimed to have accidentally ingested due to a mix-up in what cold medicine she could safely use). Her final competitive race was at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where Silken won a silver medal in single sculls. She formally announced her retirement three years later. Laumann was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1998 and was awarded the Thomas Keller Medal in 1999 for her outstanding international rowing career. She now lives in Victoria, British Columbia and is a sought after public speaker.
- Silken Suzette Laumann ist eine ehemalige kanadische Rudersportlerin. Silken Laumann, Tochter deutscher Auswanderer, begann 1976 im Alter von 17 Jahren mit dem Rudersport und gewann zusammen mit ihrer Schwester Daniele bei den Olympischen Spielen 1984 in Los Angeles die Bronzemedaille im Doppelzweier. Nach den Spielen von Seoul 1988 wechselte sie in den Einer und wurde 1990 Vizeweltmeisterin. Zwei Monate vor den Olympischen Spielen 1992 in Barcelona nahm sie in Essen an einer Regatta teil und wurde kurz vor dem Start vom Boot von Colin von Ettingshausen und Peter Hoeltzenbein gerammt. Sie zog sich einen Schienbeinbruch und schwere Muskelverletzungen zu und wurde in den folgenden Wochen fünf Mal operiert. Ende Juni nahm sie in einem speziell für sie konstruierten Boot wieder das Training auf und gewann in Barcelona die Bronzemedaille. Bei der Schlußfeier trug sie die kanadische Flagge und errang vier Jahre später bei den Spielen von Atlanta die Silbermedaille. 1999 wurde Silken Laumann zusammen mit Kathleen Heddle vom Weltruderverband FISA mit der Thomas-Keller-Medaille ausgezeichnet. Silken Laumann arbeitet als Journalistin und Schriftstellerin in Victoria, British Columbia.
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- Silken Suzette Laumann, MSC is a Canadian champion rower. Starting in 1976, Laumann won a number of awards, including a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the U.S. Championships, two gold medals in single sculls at the Pan American Games, a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics in the double sculls with her sister Daniele. At the 1988 Olympics, Laumann finished seventh in the double scull.
- Silken Suzette Laumann ist eine ehemalige kanadische Rudersportlerin. Silken Laumann, Tochter deutscher Auswanderer, begann 1976 im Alter von 17 Jahren mit dem Rudersport und gewann zusammen mit ihrer Schwester Daniele bei den Olympischen Spielen 1984 in Los Angeles die Bronzemedaille im Doppelzweier. Nach den Spielen von Seoul 1988 wechselte sie in den Einer und wurde 1990 Vizeweltmeisterin.
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