Roswitha Krause
 Krause in 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 3 November 1949 Dahme, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming, handball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Dynamo Berlin; Berliner TSC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Roswitha Krause (born 3 November 1949) is a retired German freestyle swimmer and team handball player. She is the first woman to win Summer Olympic medals in two different sports. Krause won a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.
Biography
She then focused on handball and won a silver and a bronze medal with East German teams at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics, respectively,[1] as well as two world titles in 1975 and 1978 and three European Cups. Meanwhile, she continued winning national titles in swimming through late 1970s.[2]
She took up swimming because her doctor advised it to improve her shoulder condition; however, she noted in 1970 that her heart was always for ball sports, handball or football.[3] In 1970 she started training in handball and for about a year did both swimming and handball every week. After that she focused on handball and by 1973 was part of the national team. She retired after the 1980 Olympics to coach handball and swimming at the Humboldt University.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roswitha Krause". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ Schwimmen – DDR – Meisterschaften (Damen – Teil 1), Schwimmen – DDR – Meisterschaften (Damen – Teil 3), Schwimmen – DDR – Meisterschaften (Damen – Teil 11). sport-komplett.de
- ^ Roswitha Krause. munzinger.de, 27 April 2010
- ^ Werner, Henriette (5 July 2008) "Auf ein Wort zum Sport". Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (interview in German). unaufgefordert.de
External links
- Roswitha Krause at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1949 births
- Living people
- People from Dahme, Brandenburg
- East German female swimmers
- German female handball players
- Sportspeople from Brandenburg
- 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 bronze medalists in swimming
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Female freestyle swimmers
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze