Renate Vogel
East German swimmer
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Renate Vogel in 1971
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Born |
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1955-06-30
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30 June 1955
(age
68)
Karl-Marx-Stadt , East Germany |
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Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Renate Vogel (later Heinrich and Bauer , born 30 June 1955) is a retired East German breaststroke swimmer. She had her best achievements in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, setting two world records in 1973 and 1974, and winning a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics [1] and two gold medals at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships and 1974 European Aquatics Championships . She also won two world titles in the 100 m and 200 breaststroke events in 1973, [2] and set two world records in the 100 m breaststroke in 1974.
In 1979, she fled to West Germany by boarding a plane from Budapest to Munich with a false West German passport . There she gave a series of interviews disclosing details of the East German training system [3] and later worked as a swimming coach.
Her cousin, the late Helga Lindner also competed in swimming at the 1972 Olympics. [1]
References
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- 1 2 Renate Vogel . sports-reference.com
- ↑ Renate VOGEL . les-sports.info
- ↑ Renate Bauer, geb. Vogel, Weltmeisterin, geb. 1955, Schwimmerin, geflohen 1979 . zov-sportverraeter.de,
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