Carola Zirzow (born 15 September 1954, in Prenzlau) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s. She won two medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a gold in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events.

Zirzow also won three gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one in the K-2 500 m event (1975) and two in the K-4 500 m (1974, 1975).

Carola Zirzow

References

1954 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Prenzlau

People from Bezirk Neubrandenburg

East German female canoeists

Olympic canoeists for East Germany

Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for East Germany

Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany

Olympic medalists in canoeing

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak

Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver

Carola Zirzow