Silvia Fröhlich

Silvia Fröhlich
Fröhlich in 1984
Personal information
Birth nameSilvia Arndt
Born24 February 1959 (1959-02-24) (age 66)
Leipzig, Bezirk Leipzig, East Germany
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubSC DHfK
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1980 MoscowCoxed four
World Rowing Championships
1982 LucerneCoxless pair
1983 DuisburgCoxless pair
1978 KarapiroEight
1979 BledEight
1981 MunichCoxed four

Silvia Fröhlich (née Arndt, born 24 February 1959) is a German rower who won a gold medal in the coxed fours at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She also won two gold and three silver medals at the world championships of 1978–1983, most of them with Marita Sandig. After retiring from competitions, she worked as a dentist.

She competed at the 1978 World Championships under her maiden name and competed under her married name a year later in Bled.