Ekaterina Karsten (née Khadatovich, Хадатовіч; Belarusian: Кацярына Карстэн, Kaciaryna Karsten; Russian: Екатерина Карстен; born 2 June 1972) is a Belarusian rower, a seven-time Olympian and the first medalist from the Republic of Belarus,[1] a two-time Olympic champion and six-time World Champion in the single scull.

Ekaterina Karsten
(née Khadatovich)
Karsten at the 2010 World Championships
Personal information
Born2 June 1972
Asechyna, Belarus
Sport
SportRowing
Eventsingle sculls
ClubMinsk City Club
Medal record
Women's rowing
Olympic Games
Representing  Belarus
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Single sculls
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Single sculls
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Single sculls
Representing  Unified Team
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Quadruple sculls
World Championships
Representing  Belarus
Gold medal – first place 1997 Aiguebelette-le-Lac Single sculls
Gold medal – first place 1999 St. Catharines Single sculls
Gold medal – first place 2005 Kaizu Single sculls
Gold medal – first place 2006 Dorney Single sculls
Gold medal – first place 2007 Oberschleißheim Single sculls
Gold medal – first place 2009 Poznań Single sculls
Silver medal – second place 2002 Seville Single sculls
Silver medal – second place 2003 Milan Quadruple sculls
Silver medal – second place 2010 Cambridge Single sculls
Silver medal – second place 2011 Bled Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Lucerne Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Lucerne Double sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Seville Quadruple sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Milan Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Chungju Double sculls
Representing  Soviet Union
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Vienna Double sculls
World Junior Championships
Representing  Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1990 Aiguebelette-le-Lac Single sculls
European Championships
Representing  Belarus
Gold medal – first place 2014 Belgrade Quadruple sculls
Silver medal – second place 2017 Račice Single sculls
Gold Cup Challenge
Representing  Belarus
Silver medal – second place 2011 Philadelphia Single sculls

Biography

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At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, under her maiden name of Khadatovich, she competed in her first Olympic Games in the women's quadruple sculls as part of the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics due to the recent Dissolution of the Soviet Union, winning the bronze medal.

Khadatovich began to concentrate her career as a single sculler and by the start of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she had established herself as a major contender for the women's Olympic single sculls. She claimed gold, winning the final in a time of 7:32.31.[2]

She then won both World Championship gold medals in 1997 and 1999 and married a German, where she took the name Karsten. She competed at her third Olympic Games in 2000 in Sydney, where she won gold in the single sculls event by one hundredth of one second over Rumyana Neykova of Bulgaria.

In 2001, Karsten won the Princess Royal Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta, rowing for the Minsk City Club and defeating German Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski in the final.[3]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, she won a silver medal in the single sculls, and a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the same event.[4]

She also won the World Championships in the single sculls in 1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009, earned silver in 2002 and 2010, and bronze in 2001 and 2003. She won the European Championships in 2009 and 2010. She won the World Junior Championships in 1990.

She reached the final of the single sculls event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and made it to the semi-finals of the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ekaterina Karsten". encyclopedia.com.
  2. ^ "Rowing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Single Sculls". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yekaterina Khodatovich-Karsten". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
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