Thea EINÖDER-STRAUBE

Rower Thea Einöder won the bronze medal with the West German coxless pairs, partnering Edith Eckbauer, at the 1976 Montréal Olympics. This medal was the first West German female rowing medal ever. The same year both won the West German national title. Einöder and Eckbauer also won the national title with the coxed fours in 1976, along with Isolde Eisele, Marianne Weber and cox Hanni Hadamek

In 1975, Einöder won a coxed fours bronze medal at the World Championships, and she was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award. From 1993–2006 she was president of the Rudergesellschaft München 1972.