- Caren Metschuck
Caren Metschuck (born
September 27 ,1963 ) is a German former swimmer and a multiple Olympic gold medalist.Early life
Metschuck was born in
Greifswald ,East Germany in 1963.Career
With the
1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Metschuck won Olympic gold in the 100m butterfly. She also won gold in the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay team and the 4 x 100 m backstroke relay. Thus she became the most successful female competitor of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.One year later, she won the European challenge in Split over 100 m freestyle and triumphed again with the 4 x 100m freestyle medley relay and the 4 x 100 m backstroke relay team. After the world championships 1982 and the world champion title with the 4 x 100 m freestyle medley relay, she terminated her short career and became a
teacher .She also competed for the
SC Dynamo Berlin . [ [http://www.osp-mv.de/?aktion=beitrag_zeigen&subcode=1162377194 Olympiastützpunkt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ] ] [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article625282.ece Caught in Time: 1980 East German 4 x 100m medley relay team - Times Online ] ]References
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