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East German swimmer
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Carola Nitschke
Carola Nitschke in 1976
Personal information
Born (1962-03-01) 1 March 1962 (age 62)
Berlin, Germany
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubSC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal 4×100 m medley
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 Jönköping 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 1977 Jönköping 100 m breaststroke

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. 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.

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.

References

  1. Carola Nitschke. sports-reference.com
  2. Carola NITSCHKE. les-sports.info
  3. Germany's solution to drug stain just won't wash. smh.com.au, 2 April 2003
  4. State-Sponsored Doping: East Germany’s Sinister Scandal. withoutthejuice.com
European champions in women's 4 × 100 m medley relay


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