Roswitha Krause
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| Medal record | ||
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| Women's swimming | ||
Competitor for  East Germany |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1968 Mexico City | 4x100 m freestyle |
| Women's handball | ||
| Competitor for East Germany |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1976 Montreal | Team competition |
| Bronze | 1980 Moscow | Team competition |
Roswitha Krause (born 3 November 1949) is a German swimmer and team handball player. She competed for East Germany and achieved Olympic medals in both swimming and handball.She is the first woman ever to have gained olympic medals in 2 different sports.
[edit] Swimming
Roswitha Krause received a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico on 4x100 m Freestyle Relay with the East Germany team.[1]
[edit] Handball
Roswitha Krause received a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with the East Germany national handball team.[2] She received a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow [3]
[edit] References
- ^ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Swimming" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 15, 2008)
- ^ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Handball" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 15, 2008)
- ^ "1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union – Handball" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 15, 2008)
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Categories:
- 1949 births
- Living people
- German swimmers
- German handball players
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Female freestyle swimmers
- German handball Olympic medalist stubs
