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{{MedalTableTop}}{{MedalSport|Women's canoe sprint}}{{MedalOlympic}}{{MedalGold|1976 Montreal|K-1 500 m}}{{MedalBronze|1976 Montreal|K-2 500 m}}{{MedalWorldChampionships}}{{MedalGold|1974 Mexico City|K-4 500 m}}{{MedalGold|1975 Belgrade|K-2 500 m}}{{MedalGold|1975 Belgrade|K-4 500 m}}{{MedalBottom}}Carola Zirzow (born 15 September 1954 in Prenzlau) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s. She won two medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a gold in the K-1 500 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events.[1]Zirzow also won three gold medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with one in the K-2 500 m event (1975) and two in the K-4 500 m (1974, 1975). References1. ^{{Citation | url=https://www.olympic.org/carola-zirzow| title=Carola ZIRZOW - Olympic Canoe Sprint| newspaper=International Olympic Committee| date= 2016-06-12| accessdate=2019-01-18}}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5e02gQdss?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-01-21 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date2=January 5, 2010 |title2=Wayback Machine }}
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- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zi/carola-zirzow-1.html |title=Carola Zirzow}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Women K-1 500 m}}{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-2 500 m Women}}{{Footer World Champions Canoe Sprint K-4 500 m Women}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Zirzow, Carola}}{{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub}} 13 : 1954 births|Living people|Sportspeople from Prenzlau|People from Bezirk Neubrandenburg|East German female canoeists|Olympic canoeists of East Germany|Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Olympic gold medalists for East Germany|Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany|Olympic medalists in canoeing|ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak|Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver |