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Silke Pielen (born 29 August 1955) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1]
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Silke Pielen (born 29 August 1955) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1]
Silke Renk is a retired German javelin thrower.
Silke Hörner is a German former breaststroke swimmer, a leading member of the 1980s East German swimming team. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 200 m breaststroke and 4×100 m medley relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and set four individual world records. She was named by Swimming World Magazine as European Swimmer of the Year in 1985 and 1987, but her achievements are regarded with suspicion due to the state-run systematic doping program run by East Germany. In 1991, former East German swimming coach Michael Regner claimed that in the 1980s he had been instructed to distribute anabolic steroids to team swimmers, including Hörner.
Ruth Fuchs was a German politician and athlete. Fuchs, representing East Germany, was the winner of the women's javelin at the 1972 (Munich) and 1976 (Montreal) Olympic Games. She set the world record for the javelin six times during the 1970s.
Allison Ann Higson, later known by her married name Allison Cavanaugh, is a former 2-time Olympic breaststroke, individual medley, and freestyle swimmer from Canada. Born in Mississauga, Ontario, she grew up in Brampton, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. She now lives in Traverse City, Michigan with her husband, Sean, and 2 children.
Grace Jackson is a Jamaican former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres. She won an Olympic silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and is a former Jamaican record-holder in the 200m and 400m. She was Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year in 1986 and 1988.
Kerstin Behrendt is a former German athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 m during her career.
Sheila Ann Echols is a retired track and field athlete from the United States who competed in the 100 metres and the long jump. She won a gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in the 4 x 100 m relay. She also won the 1989 IAAF World Cup 100 m title.
Ingrid Auerswald is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
Silke Müller is a field hockey midfielder from Germany, who won the gold medal with the German National Women's Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Hans Geister was a German track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was born in Duisburg-Hamborn.
Beate Edeltraud Peters is a retired West German javelin thrower.
Andrea Philipp is a retired German sprinter. A three-time Olympian, she won a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 1999 World Championships, and a gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1990 World Junior Championships.
Silke-Beate Knoll is a former German track and field athlete and participant in the Olympic Games who had success in the 1980s and 1990s as a sprinter.
Alexander Schuck is an East German canoe sprinter who competed in the 1980s. He won two medals in the C-2 1000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in 1985 and a silver in 1983.
Silke Günther is a German rower.
Silke Gnad, also known as Silke Fittinger, is a German former handball player. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the German national team placed fourteenth.
Silke Lippok is a German swimmer. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 200 m, 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle events and finished in 13th, 9th and 11th place, respectively. She won three European titles in these events in 2010–2012.
Silke Wehrmeister is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Laura Marie Müller is a German sprinter. She competed in the 4×400 meters relay at the 2016 European Athletics Championships. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 4x400 meter relay.
Silke Abicht is a German diver. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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