Birte Weigang
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Full name | Birte Weigang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1968-01-31) 31 January 1968 (age 56) Leipzig, Saxony, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke, medley, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Birte Weigang (born 31 January 1968 in Leipzig) is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The twenty-year-old triumphed with the DDR women's relay team in the 4×100 m medley together with her teammates Kristin Otto, Silke Hörner and Katrin Meissner, and finished second in both the 100 m and the 200 m butterfly. She won a gold medal in 1987 at the European Championships, in the women's 4×100 m medley.
She is a daughter of the legendary Horst Weigang, once a footballer of the year for East Germany. She started her career in SC Turbine Erfurt. Weigang celebrated her biggest success in 1985, when at the age of 17 she became a European backstroke champion. Later she concentrated on butterfly style and won a silver medal at the World Championships in 1986, which were held in Madrid.
After Weigang gave up her swimming career, she became a coach.
References
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- 1960:
Lynn Burke, Patty Kempner, Carolyn Schuler, Chris von Saltza (USA)
- 1964:
Cathy Ferguson, Cynthia Goyette, Sharon Stouder, Kathy Ellis (USA)
- 1968:
Kaye Hall, Catie Ball, Ellie Daniel, Susan Pedersen (USA)
- 1972:
Melissa Belote, Cathy Carr, Deena Deardurff, Sandy Neilson (USA)
- 1976:
Ulrike Richter, Hannelore Anke, Kornelia Ender, Andrea Pollack (GDR)
- 1980:
Rica Reinisch, Ute Geweniger, Andrea Pollack, Caren Metschuck (GDR)
- 1984:
Theresa Andrews, Tracy Caulkins, Mary T. Meagher, Nancy Hogshead (USA)
- 1988:
Kristin Otto, Silke Hörner, Birte Weigang, Katrin Meissner (GDR)
- 1992:
Lea Loveless, Anita Nall, Crissy Ahmann-Leighton, Jenny Thompson, Janie Wagstaff, Megan Kleine, Summer Sanders, Nicole Haislett (USA)
- 1996:
Beth Botsford, Amanda Beard, Angel Martino, Amy Van Dyken, Catherine Fox, Whitney Hedgepeth, Kristine Quance, Jenny Thompson (USA)
- 2000:
Barbara Bedford, Megan Quann, Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres, Courtney Shealy, Ashley Tappin, Amy Van Dyken, Staciana Stitts (USA)
- 2004:
Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry, Brooke Hanson, Jessicah Schipper, Alice Mills (AUS)
- 2008:
Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Libby Trickett, Tarnee White, Felicity Galvez, Shayne Reese (AUS)
- 2012:
Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer, Allison Schmitt, Rachel Bootsma, Breeja Larson, Claire Donahue, Jessica Hardy (USA)
- 2016:
Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer, Simone Manuel, Olivia Smoliga, Katie Meili, Kelsi Worrell, Abbey Weitzeil (USA)
- 2020:
Cate Campbell, Chelsea Hodges, Emma McKeon, Kaylee McKeown, Mollie O'Callaghan, Emily Seebohm, Brianna Throssell (AUS)
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