Katja Rothe is a rower who competed for East Germany in the 1970s. 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. was the cox of their team; she would become the 1973 European Champion with the coxed quad scull. At the 1978 East German national championships, Rothe came third with the coxed four and took out the national title with the women's eight.