Renate Vogel
Renate Vogel in 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1955-06-30) 30 June 1955 (age 69) Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Renate Vogel (later Heinrich and Bauer, born 30 June 1955) is a retired East German breaststroke swimmer. She had her best achievements in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, setting two world records in 1973 and 1974, and winning a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics[1] and two gold medals at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships and 1974 European Aquatics Championships. She also won two world titles in the 100 m and 200 breaststroke events in 1973,[2] and set two world records in the 100 m breaststroke in 1974.
In 1979, she fled to West Germany by boarding a plane from Budapest to Munich with a false West German passport. There she gave a series of interviews disclosing details of the East German training system[3] and later worked as a swimming coach.
Her cousin, the late Helga Lindner also competed in swimming at the 1972 Olympics.[1]
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- 1973: Renate Vogel (GDR)
- 1975: Hannelore Anke (GDR)
- 1978: Yuliya Bogdanova (URS)
- 1982: Ute Geweniger (GDR)
- 1986: Sylvia Gerasch (GDR)
- 1991: Linley Frame (AUS)
- 1994: Samantha Riley (AUS)
- 1998: Kristy Kowal (USA)
- 2001: Luo Xuejuan (CHN)
- 2003: Luo Xuejuan (CHN)
- 2005: Leisel Jones (AUS)
- 2007: Leisel Jones (AUS)
- 2009: Rebecca Soni (USA)
- 2011: Rebecca Soni (USA)
- 2013: Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)
- 2015: Yuliya Yefimova (RUS)
- 2017: Lilly King (USA)
- 2019: Lilly King (USA)
- 2022: Benedetta Pilato (ITA)
- 2023: Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)
- 2024: Tang Qianting (CHN)
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