Karin Kessow

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Sport Speed skating Weight 57 kg Height 1.61 m		Name Karin Kessow Club SC Dynamo Berlin

Born 8 January 1954 (age 70) ( 1954-01-08 ) Rostock, Germany

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.

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)

References

Karin Kessow Wikipedia

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