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'''Caren Metschuck''' (later '''Caren Mahn''', born 27 September 1963) is a [[Germans|German]] former [[ |
'''Caren Metschuck''' (later '''Caren Mahn''', born 27 September 1963) is a [[Germans|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 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.<ref name=r1/> |
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One year later, she won the [[European Championship]]s 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]].<ref name=r2/> After German unification she worked as a swimming coach at her home club [[SC Empor Rostock]].<ref name=r1/> |
One year later, she won the [[European Championship]]s 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]].<ref name=r2/> After German unification she worked as a swimming coach at her home club [[SC Empor Rostock]].<ref name=r1/> |
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Nationality | East German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Greifswald, East Germany | 27 September 1963|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Empor Rostock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[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]
See also
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- ^ a b Caren Metschuck. sports-reference.com
- ^ CAREN METSCHUCK (GDR) Archived June 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. ishof.org
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Olympic swimmers of East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Female freestyle swimmers
- Female butterfly swimmers
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- International Swimming Hall of Fame inductees
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- German swimming Olympic medalist stubs