Caren Metschuck
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Caren Metschuck (later Caren Mahn, born 27 September 1963) is a German former swimmer and a multiple Olympic gold medalist. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, she won gold medals in the 100 m butterfly, 4×100 m freestyle relay team and 4×100 m medley relay, becoming the most successful female competitor of the Summer Olympic Games that year.[1]
One year later, she won the European Championships in Split in the 100 m freestyle and triumphed again with the 4×100 m freestyle relay and the 4×100 m medley relay team. After winning a world title in the 4×100 m freestyle relay in 1982, she terminated her short career and became a school teacher. During her career she set three world records in relay events. In 1990 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[2] After German unification she worked as a swimming coach at her home club SC Empor Rostock.[1]
See also
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
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- 1963 births
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- Sportspeople from Greifswald
- Swimmers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Rostock
- East German female freestyle swimmers
- East German female butterfly swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for East Germany
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- World record setters in swimming
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
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- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- SC Empor Rostock sportspeople