Bärbel Köster

Bärbel Köster (later Madaus, born 26 May 1957) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Bärbel Köster

Bärbel Köster (left) and Carola Zirzow (right) while training in Montreal, 1976.
Medal record
Women's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1976 MontrealK-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1974 Mexico CityK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place1974 Mexico CityK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place1975 BelgradeK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place1975 BelgradeK-4 500 m

Köster also won four gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two in the K-2 500 m event (both 1974 and 1975) and two in the K-4 500 m event (both 1974 and 1975).

References
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bärbel Köster". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.


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