Nationality East Germany Height 1.73 m Weight 63 kg | Name Heike Friedrich Role Freestyle swimmer Club Chemnitzer FC | |
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Born 18 April 1970 (age 54) ( 1970-04-18 ) Karl-Marx-Stadt, Sachsen People also search for Manuela Stellmach, Anke Mohring, Janet Evans, Silvia Poll | ||
Women's 400 Free-1988 Olympic Games
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. Freidrich had already won the gold medal in the 200 m freestyle on the previous day.
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