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Carola Nitschke (later Beraktschjan, born 1 March 1962) is a retired East German swimmer. She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke and finished in fourth and sixth place, respectively. She also won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, though she swam only in a preliminary round.[1] Shortly before the Olympics she set world records in the 4 × 100 m medley relay and 100 m breaststroke. She was only fourteen at the time. Next year she won a gold and a silver medal in these events at the 1977 European Aquatics Championships.[2]
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Born | Berlin, Germany | 1 March 1962||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Later she admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs as part of the East German doping program; she gave up her medals and asked to remove her name from the competition records.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Carola Nitschke. sports-reference.com
- ^ Carola NITSCHKE. les-sports.info
- ^ Germany's solution to drug stain just won't wash. smh.com.au, 2 April 2003
- ^ State-Sponsored Doping: East Germany’s Sinister Scandal. withoutthejuice.com