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Gabriele Wetzko in 1970 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's swimming | ||
| Representing East Germany | ||
| Summer Olympic Games | ||
| 1968 Mexico City | 4×100 m freestyle | |
| 1972 Munich | 4×100 m freestyle | |
| 1972 Munich | 4×100 m medley | |
| European Championships | ||
| 1970 Barcelona | 200 m freestyle | |
| 1970 Barcelona | 100 m freestyle | |
| 1970 Barcelona | 4×100 m medley | |
| 1970 Barcelona | 4×100 m freestyle | |
Gabriele Wetzko (later Hartung then Frischke then Kühne , born 24 August 1954 in Leipzig) is a former German swimmer. Born in Leipzig, East Germany, she competed for East Germany in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.
At the 1968 Olympics she competed in the 200 m, 400 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle events. The 4 × 100 m freestyle East German team of Gabriele Wetzko, Uta Schmuck, Gabriele Perthes and Roswitha Krause won a silver medal.
At the 1970 European Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, she won four gold medals: in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle, as well as in the 4×100 medley and 4×100 m freestyle relays.
At the 1972 Olympics she competed in the 100 m freestyle, 4×100 m medley relay and 4×100 m freestyle relay, where her team, once again, won the silver medal.
In 1973, she completed her swimming career and began studying for a medical degree, later receiving a degree in economics as well. She married the swimmer Wilfried Hartung on 15 September 1973 but they divorced soon after.
References
- ^ a b c "Gabriele Wetzko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
- ^ "Swimming European Championships Women: 100 m Freestyle". Sports123.com. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ "Swimming European Championships Women: 200 m Freestyle". Sports123.com. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ a b "Swimming European Championships Women: 4 x 100 m Medley Relay". Sports123.com. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. pp. 204f. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.