Yvonne Schuring
Yvonne Schuring (born 4 January 1978 in Wolfen, East Germany) is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. Together with teammate Viktoria Schwarz, she won gold at the 2011 World Championships in the K-2 500 m event. She won a bronze in the same event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań with the same teammate. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Schuring and Schwarz finished ninth in the K-2 500 m event. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Schuring and Schwarz came 5th in the same event. In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for Austria in canoe sprint, more specifically, Women's K-1 500m. She earned a silver medal. References External links 1978 births Living people People from Bitterfeld-Wolfen People from Bezirk Halle Austrian female canoeists Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Austria ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak European Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2015 European Games European Games silver medalists for Austria 20th-century Austrian women 21st-century Austrian women German emigrants to Austria