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Caren Metschuck

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Nationality
  
East Germany

Role
  
Swimmer

Sport
  
Height
  
1.84 m


Strokes
  
Butterfly, freestyle

Weight
  
76 kg

Name
  
Caren Metschuck

Club
  
F.C. Hansa Rostock

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Born
  
27 September 1963 (age 60) (
1963-09-27
)

Olympic medals
  
Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

Similar People
  
Barbara Krause, Ines Diers, Christiane Knacke

Caren Metschuck (later Caren Mahn, born 27 September 1963) is a German former swimmer and a multiple Olympic gold medalist. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, she won gold medals in the 100 m butterfly, 4×100 m freestyle relay team and 4×100 m backstroke relay, becoming the most successful female competitor of the Summer Olympic Games that year.

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One year later, she won the European Championships in Split in the 100 m freestyle and triumphed again with the 4×100 m freestyle relay and the 4×100 m medley relay team. After winning a world title in the 4×100 m freestyle relay in 1982, she terminated her short career and became a school teacher. During her career she set three world records in relay events. In 1990 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. After German unification she worked as a swimming coach at her home club SC Empor Rostock.

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References

Caren Metschuck Wikipedia