Barbara Müller (rower)
East German rower (born 1937)
Barbara Müller (née Reichel; born 29 September 1937), is a rower who represented East Germany in the 1960s. She was later a rowing coach for SG Dynamo Potsdam.
Rowing career
Reichel was born in 1937. She started for SCW DHfK Leipzig and at the 1957 East German national championships she came third with the women's eight. A year later, she again came third at the nationals. At the 1959 nationals, she came second. In 1959, she also competed in the coxed quad scull and that team came second. At the 1960 East German national championships she came first with the coxed four. That team was sent to the 1960 European Rowing Championships in London where they won a bronze medal, beaten by the teams from the Soviet Union and from Romania. At the 1961 East German national championships she became national champion with both the coxed four and the women's eight.
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