Nadja Drygalla
Nadja Drygalla is a German rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
She won Junior World championship silver in the women's pairs and bronze in the women's eight. At under-23 level, she won bronze in the women's pair in 2010 with Anne-Sophie Agarius.Controversy
During the 2012 Summer Olympics, The Guardian stated that her boyfriend is a leading member of the Rostock National Socialists, a far-right wing group inclined towards Neo-Nazism, and was a candidate for the National Democratic Party at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2011.
Drygalla had already finished competing as part of the women's rowing eight team, her only event. She left of her own accord after a 90-minute conversation with officials from the German Olympic delegation. In a public statement she distanced herself from far-right views.
