6th at the European Championships, 8th at the Lucerne World Cup and then 9th in Poznan. A B-final placing will be a likely finish in Rio.

Germany

Kerstin Hartmann 28 & Kathrin Marchand 25

Olympic record

Hartmann: 6th W2- London

Marchand: repecharge W8 London

World Championship record

Hartmann: 4th W2- 2009, 6th W2- 2010, 10th W2- 2011, 8th W2- 2013, 7th W8 2014, 8th W2- 2015

Marchand: 4th W4- 2013, 7th W8 2014, 8th W2- 2015

2016 record: 6th W2- European Championships, 8th Lucerne World Cup, 9th Poznan World Cup

Kerstin Hartmann is another athlete who has spent almost all her entire career in one boat class, the W2-. She started by taking silver in the JW2- in 2005 with Katrin Reinert. This duo also took silver at the U23’s in 2006 and gold at the Juniors inthe same year. 2007 saw one of her few forays into a bigger boat taking silver in the U23 W8 before moving back to the W2- for her first senior World Cup in Munich in 2009. At her first senior World Championships she raced with Marlene Sinnig and just missed out on a medal. In 2012 this duo finished 6th at the London Olympics and then 8th in 2013. 2014 saw another foray into the W8 before getting back into the pair with Kathrin Marchand for the 2015 World Championships, finishing 8th and qualifying for London. For her part, Marchand won U23 W4- gold in 2011 and then rowed in the 7 seat of the W8 at the London Olympics, finishing 7th. She continued to race in the