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{{Short description|East German swimmer}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Caren Metschuck
| name = Caren Metschuck
| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-T0705-0046, Barbara Krause, Heike Witt, Caren Metschuck.jpg
| image = Caren Metschuck 1978.jpg
| imagesize = 255px
| image_size = 190px
| caption = Caren Metschuck (right) in 1978.
| caption = Caren Metschuck in 1978.
| nationality = {{GDR}}
| nationality = East German
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|09|27|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|09|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Greifswald]], [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]], [[East Germany]] now [[Germany]]
| birth_place = [[Greifswald]], [[Bezirk Rostock]], [[East Germany]]
| height = {{height|m=1.84|precision=0}}
| height = 1.84 m
| weight = {{convert|76|kg|lb}}
| weight = 76 kg
| club = [[SC Empor Rostock]]
| club = [[SC Empor Rostock]]
| strokes = [[Butterfly stroke|Butterfly]]
| strokes = [[Butterfly stroke|Butterfly]], freestyle
| medaltemplates =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalSport | Women's swimming }}
{{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }}
{{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1982 World Aquatics Championships|1982 Guayaquil]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1982 World Aquatics Championships|1982 Guayaquil]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1978 World Aquatics Championships|1978 Berlin]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1978 World Aquatics Championships|1978 Berlin]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
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{{MedalGold| [[1981 European Aquatics Championships|Split 1981]] | [[1981 European Aquatics Championships|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1981 European Aquatics Championships|Split 1981]] | [[1981 European Aquatics Championships|4×100 m medley]]}}
}}
}}
'''Caren Metschuck''' (born 27 September 1963) is a German former swimmer and a multiple Olympic gold medalist.


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'''Caren Metschuck''' (later '''Caren Mahn''', born 27 September 1963) is a German former [[swimmer]] and a multiple [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medalist. At the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]], she won [[gold medal]]s in the 100&nbsp;m butterfly, 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle relay team and 4×100&nbsp;m medley relay, becoming the most successful female competitor of the Summer Olympic Games that year.<ref name=r1/>
==Early life==
Metschuck was born in [[Greifswald]], [[East Germany]] in 1963.


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One year later, she won the [[1981 European Aquatics Championships|European Championship]]s in Split in the 100&nbsp;m freestyle and triumphed again with the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle relay and the 4×100&nbsp;m medley relay team. After winning a world title in the 4×100&nbsp;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]].<ref name=r2/> After German unification she worked as a swimming coach at her home club [[SC Empor Rostock]].<ref name=r1/>
==Career==
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With the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] in Moscow, Metschuck won Olympic gold in the 100&nbsp;m butterfly. She also won gold in the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle relay team and the 4×100&nbsp;m backstroke relay. Thus she became the most successful female competitor of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.


==See also==
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One year later, she won the European Championships in Split over 100&nbsp;m freestyle and triumphed again with the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle relay and the 4×100&nbsp;m medley relay team. After the World Championships 1982 and the world champion title with the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle relay, she terminated her short career and became a [[teacher]].
* [[List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame]]

*[[World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay]]
She also competed for the [[SC Dynamo Berlin]].<ref>[http://www.osp-mv.de/?aktion=beitrag_zeigen&subcode=1162377194 Olympiastützpunkt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article625282.ece Caught in Time: 1980 East German 4 x 100m medley relay team - Times Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay]]


==References==
==References==
{{Commons category}}
{{reflist}}
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<ref name=r1>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/caren-metschuck-1.html |title=Caren Metschuck |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090301/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/caren-metschuck-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name=r2>{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/Honorees/90/90cmetschuck.html |title=Caren Metschuck (GDR) |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606191000/http://www.ishof.org/Honorees/90/90cmetschuck.html |archive-date=6 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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}}

==External links==
* {{sports links}}


{{Footer Olympic Champions 100 m Butterfly Women}}
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{{Footer European Champions 4x100m Medley Women}}
{{Footer European Champions 4x100m Medley Women}}


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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Swimmer
| DATE OF BIRTH = 27 September 1963
| PLACE OF BIRTH =
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
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[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers of East Germany]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Greifswald]]
[[Category:People from Bezirk Rostock]]
[[Category:East German female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:East German female butterfly swimmers]]
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[[Category:Olympic swimmers for East Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for East Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for East Germany]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:World record setters in swimming]]
[[Category:Female butterfly swimmers]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:Former world record holders in swimming]]
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[[Category:Olympic medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for East Germany]]
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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver]]
[[Category:SC Empor Rostock athletes]]




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Latest revision as of 02:50, 19 January 2024

Caren Metschuck
Caren Metschuck in 1978.
Personal information
NationalityEast German
Born (1963-09-27) 27 September 1963 (age 60)
Greifswald, Bezirk Rostock, East Germany
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
ClubSC Empor Rostock
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow 100 m freestyle
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Guayaquil 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1978 Berlin 4×100 m freestyle
European Championship
Gold medal – first place Split 1981 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Split 1981 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Split 1981 4×100 m medley

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 medley relay, becoming the most successful female competitor of the Summer Olympic Games that year.[1]

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.[2] After German unification she worked as a swimming coach at her home club SC Empor Rostock.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Caren Metschuck". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Caren Metschuck (GDR)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.

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