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Birte Weigang
Weigang in 1988
Personal information
Full nameBirte Weigang
NationalityGerman
Born (1968-01-31) 31 January 1968 (age 56)
Leipzig, Saxony, East Germany
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, medley, butterfly
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 200 m butterfly
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Madrid 200 m butterfly
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1985 Sofia 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1985 Sofia 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1987 Strasbourg 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1985 Sofia 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1987 Strasbourg 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1987 Strasbourg 200 m butterfly
29th NOK competition in Berlin (1983)
Birte Weigang (1987)

Birte Weigang (born 31 January 1968 in Leipzig) is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The twenty-year-old triumphed with the DDR women's relay team in the 4×100 m medley together with her teammates Kristin Otto, Silke Hörner and Katrin Meissner, and finished second in both the 100 m and the 200 m butterfly. She won a gold medal in 1987 at the European Championships, in the women's 4×100 m medley.

She is a daughter of the legendary Horst Weigang, once a footballer of the year for East Germany. She started her career in SC Turbine Erfurt. Weigang celebrated her biggest success in 1985, when at the age of 17 she became a European backstroke champion. Later she concentrated on butterfly style and won a silver medal at the World Championships in 1986, which were held in Madrid.

After Weigang gave up her swimming career, she became a coach.

References

Olympic champions in women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
European Champions in Women's 100 m Backstroke
European champions in women's 4 × 100 m medley relay


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