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{{Short description|South African / German swimmer (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use South African English|date=May 2013}}
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| fullname       = Sarah Poewe
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| nationality    = {{RSA}}<br />{{GER}}
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| club           = Bayer-[[Wuppertal]], [[Germany]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarah-poewe.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=37 |title=人気ED治療薬レビトラ｜レビトラ10mg4錠ED治療薬通販 |website=Sarah-poewe.com |access-date=19 November 2016}}</ref> 
| collegeteam    = [[Georgia Bulldogs swimming and diving|University of Georgia]] (U.S.)
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|3|3}}
| birth_place    = [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]
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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | {{RSA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Championships - Short Course|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 FINA Short Course World Championships|2000 Athens]] | 50 m breaststroke}} 
{{MedalGold | [[2000 FINA Short Course World Championships|2000 Athens]] | 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2002 FINA Short Course World Championships|2002 Moscow]] | 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1999 Sydney]]|200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | 50 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | 200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2005 World Aquatics Championships|2005 Montreal]] | 4×100 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships|2009 Rome]]|[[Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2012 European Aquatics Championships|2012 Debrecen]] | [[Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2012 European Aquatics Championships|2012 Debrecen]]|[[Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay|4 x 100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2006 European Aquatics Championships|2006 Budapest]] | 4x100 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2012 European Aquatics Championships|2012 Debrecen]]|[[Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships|European Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2002|2002 Riesa]] | 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalGold | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003|2003 Dublin]] | 50 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalGold | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003|2003 Dublin]] | 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalGold | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2004|2004 Vienna]] | 50 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalGold | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2004|2004 Vienna]] | 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2002|2002 Riesa]] | 50 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2002|2002 Riesa]] | 200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalSilver | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2002|2002 Riesa]] | 4x50 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003|2003 Dublin]] | 4x50 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2004|2004 Vienna]] | 4x50 m medley}}
{{MedalBronze | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2004|2004 Vienna]] | 200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalBronze | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007|2007 Debrecen]] | 50 m breaststroke}}
}}

'''Sarah Poewe''' (born 3 March 1983) is an Olympic [[breaststroke]] swimmer who has competed internationally for both South Africa and Germany.

Poewe was born in [[Cape Town|Cape Town, South Africa]], the daughter of Lorrain (née Stoch) and Reinhardt Poewe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shattil.com/NewsJuly.pdf |title=JulySha |website=Shattill.com |access-date=19 November 2016}}</ref> She lives in [[Wuppertal]], Germany. Her mother is from a Jewish family in South Africa, and her father is German.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Krauss |first1=Martin |title="Aber ich bin doch nichts Besonderes" |url=https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/allgemein/aber-ich-bin-doch-nichts-besonderes/ |access-date=27 October 2020 |work=Jüdische Allgemeine |date=11 September 2008 |language=de}}</ref>

At the age of 14, she made her international debut at the [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1997 Pan Pacific Championships]]. Poewe was the voted the Best Female Swimmer in the 1998 Junior Olympics in Moscow. She won the Hungarian National Championships in 100-meter breaststroke 23 June 1999.{{citation needed|date = April 2014}} When she was 17, Poewe competed for the South African swimming team in three events at the [[South Africa at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Olympic Games]], and finished in fourth place in the women's 100 m breaststroke.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title = Sarah Poewe Bio, Stats, and Results|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/sarah-poewe-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221634/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/sarah-poewe-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|website= Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date = 22 May 2015}}</ref>

In 2001, Poewe won the South African National Championships in the 100-meter breaststroke. At the [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships|2001 World Championships]], Poewe finished fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Poewe.html |title=Sarah Poewe |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library |date=3 March 1983 |access-date=19 November 2016}}</ref>

Poewe represented Germany in the [[Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympics]], where she was part of the team that won the bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 m medley.<ref name=":0" /> She also represented Germany at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] and [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=":0" />
In Beijing 2008, she swam in the 100m and 200m breaststroke and the {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} medley but didn't medal in any race. In London 2012, Poewe swam in the 100m breaststroke and the {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} medley, and again didn't medal in either race. She placed 9th in the {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} medleys for the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/sarah-poewe.html|title= Sarah Poewe | publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date= 22 March 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Olympics}}
*[[List of Jews in sports#Swimming|List of select Jewish swimmers]]
*[[Georgia Bulldogs]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://poewe-swimcoaching.de/ Official website]

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