Andrea Pollack
 Andrea Pollack in 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |
 East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
8 May 1961 Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany now Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrea Pollack (born 8 May 1961 in Schwerin) is a former butterfly swimmer from East Germany, who won two gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada at age fifteen. She won individual 200 m butterfly and with the women's relay team in the 4×100 m medley. Pollack also collected two silvers at the Montreal Games.
She won a gold in 4×100 m medley relay and a silver in the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. In 1978 she twice broke the world record in the women's 200 m butterfly. She was a member of SC Dynamo Berlin. In 1998, several former East German swimmers have gone public with accusations against their coaches and physicians that they were systematically doped, Andrea Pollack being one of them.[1]
References
- ↑ "Drugs update". Sports Publications. July 1998. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
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| Preceded by Christiane Knacke |
Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) July 3, 1978 – April 11, 1980 |
Succeeded by Mary T. Meagher |
| Preceded by Rosemarie Gabriel |
Women's 200 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) April 9, 1978 – July 7, 1979 |
Succeeded by Mary T. Meagher |
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