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Nationality | East German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Görlitz, Saxony, East Germany (now Germany) | 17 June 1959|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Einheit Dresden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ulrike Richter (later Schmidt, born 17 June 1959) is a German former swimmer who competed for East Germany in the 1970s. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal she won three gold medals. [1] She received two gold medals at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, and two in 1975. Richter set 14 world records during her career, in 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and medley relay. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1983. [2] [3]
Officials from the East German team have confessed that they administered performance-enhancing drugs to Richter during her career. [3] [4] [5]