Helga Richter

Helga Richter

Helga Richter in 1960
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Chemie Pirna
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  East Germany European Rowing Championships 1956 Bled Eight 1959 Mâcon Quad scull 1960 London Quad scull 1961 Prague Double scull 1961 Prague Quad scull 1962 East Berlin Quad scull 1964 Amsterdam Quad scull

Helga Richter is a retired German rower who won seven medals at European championships between 1956 and 1964, five of them with Hannelore Göttlich.^[1][2][3] After 1959–1960 she competed as Helga Menzel-Richter or Helga Menzel and after 1960–1961 as Helga Kolbe-Richter or Helga Kolbe.^[4] In December 1964, she was awarded the Medal of Merit of the GDR.^[5]

References

1. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Doppelzweier)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
2. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Doppelvierer m.Stfr.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
3. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
4. "DDR-Rudermeisterschaften – Doppelzweier – Frauen (Plätze 1–3)" (in German). Rüsselsheimer Ruder-Klub 08. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
5. "Hohe Ehrungen für Sportler" [High honours for athletes]. Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 19, no. 358. 18 December 1964. p. 8. Retrieved 8 October 2018.