Karin Kessow (born 8 January 1954, married name Drbal) is a retired German speed skater who won the World All-Round Speed Skating Championships in 1975. Next year she competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in the 1500 m and 3000 m and finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively.

After marrying Karl-Heinz Drbal she changed her last name to Drbal. She works as a speed skating coach in Berlin.

Karin Kessow

Personal bests: 500 m – 44.2 (1976) 1000 m – 1:27.2 (1976) 1500 m – 2:13.1 (1976) 3000 m – 4:39.1 (1976) 5000 m – 8:20.4 (1976)

Karin Kessow

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1954 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Rostock

People from Bezirk Rostock

German female speed skaters

Speed skating coaches

Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Olympic speed skaters for East Germany

World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists

20th-century German women

Karin Kessow