Renate Vogel (later Heinrich and Bauer, born 30 June 1955) is a retired East German breaststroke swimmer. She had her best achievements in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, setting two world records in 1973 and 1974, and winning a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics[1] and two gold medals at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships and 1974 European Aquatics Championships. She also won two world titles in the 100 m and 200 breaststroke events in 1973,[2] and set two world records in the 100 m breaststroke in 1974.
In 1979, she fled to West Germany by boarding a plane from Budapest to Munich with a false West German passport. There she gave a series of interviews disclosing details of the East German training system[3] and later worked as a swimming coach.
Her cousin, the late Helga Lindner also competed in swimming at the 1972 Olympics.[1]
References
- ^ a b Renate Vogel. sports-reference.com
- ^ Renate VOGEL. les-sports.info
- ^ Renate Bauer, geb. Vogel, Weltmeisterin, geb. 1955, Schwimmerin, geflohen 1979. zov-sportverraeter.de,
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