Ines Diers

Ines Diers
Personal information
Surname:	Ines Diers
Nation:	German Democratic Republic
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle
Birthday:	November 2nd, 1963
Place of birth:	Rochlitz
Size:	1.75 m
Medal table

Ines Diers (born November 2, 1963 in Rochlitz ) is a former German swimmer who competed for the GDR .

Career

She originally began her career as a back swimmer , only to later concentrate on the freestyle discipline. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , she was the 400 meter freestyle and Olympic champion with the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay . A year later she won gold over 400 meters freestyle and silver over 800 meters freestyle at the European Championships .

Diers was able to improve the European record over 400 meters freestyle at the Olympic Games in Moscow and at the European Swimming Championships in Split .

In 1980 she was awarded the Silver Patriotic Order of Merit .

resignation

In 1982 she ended her swimming career.

literature

• Olaf W. Reimann:  Diers, Ines . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

• Ines Diers in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
• Ines Diers in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neues Deutschland , August 22, 1980, p. 3