Height 1.73 m Strokes Backstroke Weight 66 kg | Name Ulrike Richter Club Dresdner SC Role Olympic athlete | |
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Nominations Milliyet Sports Award for World Athlete of the Year Similar People Birgit Treiber, Hannelore Anke, Shirley Babashoff, Nancy Garapick, Wendy Boglioli | ||
Ulrike Richter (born 17 June 1959) is a German former swimmer who competed for East Germany in the 1970s. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal she won three gold medals. She received two gold medals at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, and two in 1975. Richter set fourteen world records during her career, in 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and medley relay. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1983.
Doping
Officials from the East German team have later confessed that they had administered performance enchancing drugs to Richter during her career.
References
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