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{{short description|East German swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Hannelore Anke
| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-P0726-0024, Hannelore Anke.jpg
| caption = Hannelore Anke in 1975
| nationality = East German
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|12|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bad Schlema|Schlema]], [[Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt]], [[East Germany]]
| height = {{height|m=1.60|precision=0}}
| weight = {{convert|52|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| strokes = [[Breaststroke swimming|Breaststroke]]
| club = [[SC Karl-Marx-Stadt]]
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]| [[Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]| [[Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold| [[1975 World Aquatics Championships|1975 Cali]]| 100 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalGold| [[1975 World Aquatics Championships|1975 Cali]]| 200 m breaststroke}}
{{MedalGold| [[1975 World Aquatics Championships|1975 Cali]]| 4×100 medley}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1973 World Aquatics Championships|1973 Belgrade]]| [[Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke|200 m breaststroke]]}}
}}

'''Hannelore Anke''' (later '''Hofmann'''; born 8 December 1957) is a retired German [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who competed for [[East Germany]] in the 1970s.

==Personal life==
Anke was born in 1957 in [[Bad Schlema]]. Her mother had a senior position in a textile manufacturing plant and her father was a decorative painter. The sixth of ultimately seven children, she was the first god-child of [[Wilhelm Pieck]], who at the time of her birth was [[Leadership of East Germany#Heads of state|president of East Germany]].{{sfn|Kluge|2004|pp=13, 99}}

==Sports career==
Anke became junior-champion at the 1971 Junior [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Swimming Championships]].{{sfn|Kluge|2004|p=13}} She had her best achievements in the 100 m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay. In these two events she won gold medals at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=r1/> and [[1975 World Aquatics Championships]], and set two world records. In 1975, she also won a world title in the 100 m breaststroke. She was inducted into the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]] in 1990.<ref name=ishof-1990hon>{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/Honorees/class/honorees1990.html |title=ISHOF 1990 Honorees |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209030256/http://www.ishof.org/honorees/class/honorees1990.html |archive-date=9 February 2010 |access-date=3 May 2008}}</ref><ref name=ishof-90hanke>{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/Honorees/90/90hanke.html |title=Hannelore Anke (GDR) – 1990 Honor Swimmer |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=International Swimming Hall of Fame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204105121/http://www.ishof.org/Honorees/90/90hanke.html |archive-date=4 December 2008 |access-date=3 May 2008}}</ref>

==Doping==
Officials from the East German team have later admitted that they administered performance-enhancing drugs to Anke during her career.<ref name=r1>{{cite Sports-Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165600/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/hannelore-anke-1.html |title=Hannelore Anke |archive-date=2020-04-17 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/hannelore-anke-1.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=ishof-90hanke/><ref name=ishof-german-doping>{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/Honorees/german_doping.htm |title=The East German Doping Machine |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=International Swimming Hall of Fame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424085831/http://www.ishof.org/honorees/german_doping.htm |archive-date=24 April 2008 |access-date=3 May 2008}}</ref><ref name=nyt-1988>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E7D8143DF933A15753C1A96E958260 |title=OLYMPICS; U.S. May Seek to Change Medals Won by East Germans |newspaper=The New York Times |date=20 October 1998 |access-date=3 May 2008}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book |first=Volker |last=Kluge |authorlink=Volker Kluge |edition=2 |title=Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien. |trans-title=The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies. |publisher=[[Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag]] |location=Berlin |date=2004 |isbn=3-89602-538-4 |language=de}}

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