Ulrike Richter
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Ulrike Richter in 1973
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Born | Görlitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany now Germany |
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Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Einheit Dresden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ulrike Richter (born 17 June 1959) is a German former swimmer who competed for East Germany in the 1970s. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal she won three gold medals.[1] She received two gold medals at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, and two in 1975. Richter set fourteen world records during her career, in 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and medley relay. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1983.[2][3]
Doping
Officials from the East German team have later confessed that they had administered performance enchancing drugs to Richter during her career.[3][4][5]
References
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- ↑ Ulrike Richter. sports-reference.com
- ↑ "ISHOF 1983 Honorees" – International Swimming Hall of Fame (Retrieved on 3 May 2008)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "ULRIKE RICHTER (GDR) – 1983 Honor Swimmer" – International Swimming Hall of Fame (Retrieved on 3 May 2008)
- ↑ "The East German Doping Machine" – International Swimming Hall of Fame (Retrieved on 3 May 2008)
- ↑ "OLYMPICS; U.S. May Seek to Change Medals Won by East Germans" – The New York Times (20 October 1998) (Retrieved on 3 May 2008)
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