Rothe is first mentioned in the media when she took out the coxed four title in the junior class at the 1969 East German national championships.

Of the 93 races that day, theirs was the closest that any of the five leading boats could have won.

[2] At the 1976 East German national championships, Rothe was part of the coxed four that won the title and she came second with the eight.

[3] At the 1977 East German national championships, Rothe won the coxed four title alongside Bärbel Bendiks, Marion Rohs, Ilona Richter, and coxswain Marina Wilke.

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