Bärbel Köster Biography

East German canoeist

Bärbel Köster (later Madaus, born 26 May 1957) is an East German canoe sprinter who competed in the mid to late 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Köster also won four gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two in the K-2 500 m event (both 1974 and 1975) and two in the K-4 500 m event (both 1974 and 1975).

References

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: fla*er (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 January 2010)
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of fla*er (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et:al. "Bärbel Köster". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.


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