Ute Geweniger

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Ute Geweniger
Breaststroke
ClubSC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow
100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 4×100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1982 Guayaquil 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 1982 Guayaquil 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1982 Guayaquil 200 m individual medley
Silver medal – second place 1982 Guayaquil 200 m breaststroke
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1981 Split 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 1981 Split 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 1981 Split 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1981 Split 200 m individual medley
Gold medal – first place 1981 Split 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1983 Rome 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 1983 Rome 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 1983 Rome 200 m individual medley
Gold medal – first place 1983 Rome 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1981 Split 400 m individual medley

Ute Geweniger (later Strauß, born 24 February 1964) is a former

European Swimmer of the Year
in 1981 and 1983.

In 2005, she admitted that her performance had been supported by

doping.[2]

Ute Geweniger

Geweniger was born in

Soviet bloc, including East Germany, staged a retaliatory boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles
.

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ute Geweniger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. ^ Former Swimmer Wants Record Abolished[permanent dead link] Bay News 9/Associated Press, 22 December 2005
Records
Preceded by
Women's 200 metre individual medley
world record holder (long course)

4 July 1981 – 30 July 1992
Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by
European Swimmer of the Year

1981
Succeeded by
Preceded by
East German Sportswoman of the Year

1981
Succeeded by
Preceded by
World Swimmer of the Year

1983
Succeeded by
Preceded by
European Swimmer of the Year

1983
Succeeded by