Heidi Pechstein
Appearance
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Born | Leipzig, Germany | 4 July 1944||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC DHfK, Leipzig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Heidi Pechstein (born 4 July 1944 in Leipzig) is a German former swimmer. She competed in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in 1960. In 1964 she finished sixth with the German team in the same event.[1]
At the 1962 European Aquatics Championships, she won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, setting the new world record. For this achievement, the relay team members were named German Sportspersonalities of the Year in the team category in 1962.[2] Individually, Pechstein won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle at the same championships and a silver medal in the 400 m medley four years later.[3]
References
- ^ "Heidi Pechstein". sports-reference. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ Mannschaften des Jahres seit 1947. sportler-des-jahres.de
- ^ Heidi PECHSTEIN. les-sports.info
Categories:
- 1944 births
- Living people
- German swimmers
- Female freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the United Team of Germany
- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Sportspeople from Leipzig
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- German Olympic medalist stubs
- German swimming biography stubs