Sarah Poewe 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 won the Hungarian National Championships in 100-meter breaststroke 23rd 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 and Reinhardt Poewe. She lives in Wuppertal, Germany. Her mother is from a Jewish family in South Africa, and her father is German. 

March 3rd, 1983 in Cape Town (Age 41)