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Heike Friedrich

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Heike Friedrich
Friedrich in 1988
Personal information
NationalityEast German
Born (1970-04-18) 18 April 1970 (age 56)
Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1988 Seoul200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1988 Seoul4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place1988 Seoul400 m freestyle
World Championships – Long Course
Gold medal – first place1986 Madrid200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1986 Madrid400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1986 Madrid4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1986 Madrid4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Representing  East Germany
Gold medal – first place1985 Sofia100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1985 Sofia200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1985 Sofia4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1985 Sofia4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1985 Sofia4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place1987 Strasbourg200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1987 Strasbourg400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1987 Strasbourg4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1987 Strasbourg4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1989 Bonn4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place1989 Bonn4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place1989 Bonn400 m freestyle
Representing  Germany
Silver medal – second place1991 Athens4×200 m freestyle

Heike Friedrich (born 18 April 1970 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Saxony) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

At the age of 15, Friedrich won five gold medals in the 1985 European championships and won four more in the World Championship the next year. She had not lost in a single major international championship in any event until she was defeated by Janet Evans in the 400 m in the Seoul Olympics, taking the silver medal. Friedrich had already won the gold medal in the 200 m freestyle on the previous day.[1]

In October 1986, she was awarded a Star of People's Friendship in gold (second class) for her sporting success.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ "THE SEOUL OLYMPICS: Swimming; Evans and Biondi Win Gold Again" New York Times. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Hohe staatliche Auszeichnungen verliehen" [Awarded high state awards]. Neues Deutschland (in German). Vol. 42, no. 243. 15 October 1986. p. 6. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
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