Jana Sorgers is a German rower who was a dominant sculler of her time, starting her career for the East German rowing team and continuing after the German reunification for the combined Germany for a few more years.
14 Facts About Jana Sorgers
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Jana Sorgers went to school in Pragsdorf where she was chosen for the rowing programme.
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From early on in her rowing career, Jana Sorgers was a sculler.
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In January 1988, Jana Sorgers was awarded the sports title "Honored Master of Sports".
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Jana Sorgers won gold with the quad scull, alongside Kerstin Forster, Kristina Mundt and Beate Schramm.
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In November 1988, Jana Sorgers was awarded a Patriotic Order of Merit in gold ; this was the second time that she received this award.
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The 1991 rowing season started with a national regatta for the small boat classes in Wedau where Jana Sorgers competed in single scull and was beaten into second place by Schramm.
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Jana Sorgers did attend a three-week Olympic training camp in Mexico but then did not make the 1992 national team selection.
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Jana Sorgers thus missed out qualification for the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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In 1993, Jana Sorgers changed club and moved to SG Dynamo Potsdam but did not make it back into the national team.
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In December 1993, Jana Sorgers was one of forty-five athletes to be awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt, the highest sports award in Germany.
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Jana Sorgers made it back into the national team and with the quad scull, she won her sixth world championship title at the 1994 World Rowing Championships in Indianapolis, United States.
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Jana Sorgers retired after winning a final gold medal in quad scull with Rutschow, Koppen, and Kathrin Boron at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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Jana Sorgers married rower Oliver Rau some time after her retirement from competitive rowing and has since been known as Jana Sorgers-Rau.