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Rita Kühne

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Rita Kühne
Kühne in 1972
Personal information
Born5 January 1947 (1947-01-05) (age 77)
Dresden, Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich 4 × 400 metres

Rita Kühne (later Andrich then Schiemann; born 5 January 1947, in Dresden) is a former East German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

She competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 × 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates Dagmar Käsling, Helga Seidler and 400m gold medalist Monika Zehrt.

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