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Birgit Peter
	; Birgit Peter (first from left) in 1985
Medal record
Women's rowing
Olympic Games
Representing East Germany
Representing Germany
World Rowing Championships
Representing East Germany

Birgit Peter (born 27 January 1964)^[1] is a German rower and double Olympic gold medalist.

Life and career

Peter was born in Potsdam, East Germany. She competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo, and she won medals at various international rowing competitions.^[2]^[3]^[4] In October 1986, she was awarded a Patriotic Order of Merit in gold (first class) for her sporting success.^[5] The Olympic gold medal that she won in 1988 in the double sculls teamed up with Martina Schröter was the 500th Olympic medal won by East Germany.^[6]

^ "Birgit Peter". RowingOne.com. World Rowing. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ RRK 08 Rudern – Deutsche Rudererfolge bei Weltmeisterschaften
^ "HickokSports.com – History – Olympic Rowing Medalists". Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2007.
^ "Birgit Peter". RowingOne.com. World Rowing. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Hohe staatliche Auszeichnungen verliehen" [Awarded high state awards]. Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 42, no. 243. 15 October 1986. p. 6. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ "Der Han wurde Gold-River für die Ruderflotte der DDR" [The Han became Gold River for the rowing fleet of the GDR]. Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 43, no. 228. 26 September 1988. p. 5. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.