Peggy Waleska
Personal information
Born (1980-04-11) 11 April 1980
Pirna, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight69 kg (152 lb)[1]
Sport
SportRowing
ClubPirnaer Ruderverein 1872
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Double sculls
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Lucerne Women's quad
Gold medal – first place 2002 Seville Women's quad
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Milan Quad Sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Poznan Quad Sculls

Peggy Waleska (born 11 April 1980) is a German rower.

Waleska was born in 1980 in Pirna, a town in Saxony.[1] She is a world champion rower who won a gold medal in the women's quadruple sculls in Lucerne, Switzerland, in 2001 and successfully defended the title in Seville, Spain, in 2002. At the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, Waleska won a silver medal in the women's double sculls event.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peggy Waleska". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Peggy Waleska". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2017.


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