Andrea Pollack

Andrea Pollack

Andrea Pollack (center) (1978)

Personal information

Surname:

Andrea Pollack

Nation:

German Democratic Republic

Swimming style (s) :

butterfly

Birthday:

May 8, 1961

Place of birth:

Schwerin

Date of death:

before March 13, 2019

Place of death:

Berlin

Size:

1.64 m

Medal table

Medals

Olympic games
gold	1976 Montreal	200 m butterfly
gold	1976 Montreal	4 × 100 m layers
gold	1980 Moscow	4 × 100 m layers
silver	1976 Montreal	4 × 100 m freestyle
silver	1976 Montreal	100 m butterfly
silver	1980 Moscow	100 m butterfly
World championships
silver	1978 Berlin	100 m butterfly
silver	1978 Berlin	4 × 100 m layers
bronze	1978 Berlin	200 m butterfly
European championships
gold	1977 Jönköping	100 m butterfly
gold	1977 Jönköping	4 × 100 m layers
silver	1977 Jönköping	200 m butterfly

Andrea Pollack , married Andrea Pinske (* May 8, 1961 in Schwerin ; † before March 13, 2019 in Berlin ), was a German swimmer and three-time Olympic champion .

Career

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Andrea Pollack was the first woman to swim the 100 meter butterfly (in the 4 x 100 meter relay ) under a minute. In addition to the gold medal in the individual relay relay, she won gold over 200 meters butterfly and silver over 100 meters butterfly and with the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay . At the following Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 , she was once again Olympic champion with the 4 x 100 meter relay and won silver over 100 meters butterfly.

In 1978, at the World Swimming Championships in West Berlin , she won two silver medals and one bronze medal. Over the 200 meter butterfly (bronze) and the 100 meter butterfly (silver) she was able to set new world records during the competitions.

In 1987 she was inducted into the international swimming pool 's hall of fame . Her son Michael Pinske is a successful judoka .

After finishing her career as a competitive athlete, she worked for almost 40 years as a physiotherapist at the Olympic Training Center in Berlin . She died in March 2019 at the age of 57 from complications from cancer.

GDR doping

In the course of the GDR doping process and the related research and archival processing of the practices of GDR doctors and sports officials , among other things, doping plan specifications were found by Andrea Pollack, which explains her extremely muscular physique at the time. She was also tested positive in an internal doping control at the end of October 1977. After the fall of the Berlin Wall she admitted that her performance was enhanced with performance-enhancing substances such as steroids . She testified as a witness in the first major doping trial before the Berlin Regional Court against sports medicine specialist Bernd Pansold and five other accused.

Awards (selection)

1976: Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
1980: Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold

Web links

Commons : Andrea Pollack - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Andrea Pollack in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
Andrea Pollack in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Andrea Pollack in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Obituary on the homepage of the Olympic Training Center Berlin on March 13, 2019. Accessed on March 16, 2019.
↑ Three-time German Olympic champion dead - with only 57 years , tz.de, March 16, 2019
↑ Children - play balls for doctors and trainers. In: Berliner Zeitung . April 8, 1994, accessed March 15, 2019 .
↑ Katrin Zeug: Five long minutes. In: Berliner Zeitung. May 20, 2001. Retrieved March 15, 2019 .
↑ Frank Bachner: A new level has been reached in the GDR doping practice: with addictive substances to the world record. In: Der Tagesspiegel . August 8, 1998, accessed March 15, 2019 .
^ Drugs update. In: Swimming World and Junior Swimmer. July 1998, archived from the original on September 21, 2008 ; Retrieved March 15, 2019 (English, reproduced on FindArticles ). East German Doping Trials Continue. In: Swimming World. May 26, 1998, accessed March 15, 2019 .
↑ Three-time Olympic swimming champion Andrea Pollack has died
↑ A swimmer accuses
↑ Swimmers on the witness stand
↑ About the honor for the Olympic team of the GDR. Awarded high government awards. Patriotic Order of Merit in silver. In: New Germany . ZEFYS newspaper portal of the Berlin State Library , September 10, 1976, p. 4 , accessed on April 10, 2018 (free registration required).

personal data
SURNAME	Pollack, Andrea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pinske, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 8, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwerin , German Democratic Republic
DATE OF DEATH	before March 13, 2019
Place of death	Berlin

[Nachruf-1] Obituary on the homepage of the Olympic Training Center Berlin on March 13, 2019. Accessed on March 16, 2019.

[2] Three-time German Olympic champion dead - with only 57 years , tz.de, March 16, 2019

[3] Children - play balls for doctors and trainers. In: Berliner Zeitung . April 8, 1994, accessed March 15, 2019 .

[4] Katrin Zeug: Five long minutes. In: Berliner Zeitung. May 20, 2001. Retrieved March 15, 2019 .

[5] Frank Bachner: A new level has been reached in the GDR doping practice: with addictive substances to the world record. In: Der Tagesspiegel . August 8, 1998, accessed March 15, 2019 .

[6] Drugs update. In: Swimming World and Junior Swimmer. July 1998, archived from the original on September 21, 2008 ; Retrieved March 15, 2019 (English, reproduced on FindArticles ). East German Doping Trials Continue. In: Swimming World. May 26, 1998, accessed March 15, 2019 .

[7] Three-time Olympic swimming champion Andrea Pollack has died

[8] A swimmer accuses

[9] Swimmers on the witness stand

[10] About the honor for the Olympic team of the GDR. Awarded high government awards. Patriotic Order of Merit in silver. In: New Germany . ZEFYS newspaper portal of the Berlin State Library , September 10, 1976, p. 4 , accessed on April 10, 2018 (free registration required).