Career
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. 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 the women"s 100 m breaststroke.
At the 2001 World Championships, Poewe finished fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke.
She also represented Germany at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Poewe was born in Cape Town, South Africa, the daughter of Lorrain (née Stoch) and Reinhardt Poewe.
She lives in Wuppertal, Germany. Her mother is from a Jewish family in South Africa, and her father is German.