Sarah Poewe (born 3 March 1983) is an Olympic Breaststroke swimmer, who has swum internationally for both South Africa and Germany.
At the age of 14, she made her international debut at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships. Sarah was the voted the Best Female Swimmer in the 1998 Junior Olympics in Moscow. She acquired Hungarian National Championships in 100-meter breaststroke 23.June.1999.! When she was 17, Poewe competed for the South African swimming team in three events at the 2000 Olympic Games, and finished in fourth place.
In 2001, Poewe won the South African National Championships in the 100-meter breaststroke. At the 2001 World Championships, Poewe finished fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke.
Poewe represented Germany in the 2004 Olympics.
Poewe was born in Cape Town, South Africa, the daughter of Lorrain (née Stoch) and Reinhardt Poewe. She is living in Wuppertal, Germany. Her mother is from a Jewish family in South Africa, and her father is German.
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