Marita Sandig

Marita Sandig
Sandig in 1984
Personal information
Born4 April 1958 (1958-04-04) (age 67)
Lichtenstein, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubSC DHfK, Leipzig
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1980 MoscowEight
World Rowing Championships
1977 AmsterdamEight
1978 KarapiroCoxed four
1982 LucerneCoxless pair
1983 DuisburgCoxless pair
1979 BledCoxed four
1981 MunichCoxed four

Marita Sandig (later Gasch, born 4 April 1958) is a German rower who won a gold medal in the eights at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She won four world championships from 1977 to 1983, three with Silvia Fröhlich, and came in second twice. She was married to Uwe Gasch, another retired Olympian rower.