Claudia Hempel

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Claudia Hempel

Personal information

Born

September 25, 1958 (age 66)
Merseburg, East Germany

Sport

Swimming

Medal record

Representing East Germany

Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	4x100 m freestyle relay
World Championships
	1975 Cali	4x100m freestyle relay
	1975 Cali	4x100m medley relay

Claudia Hempel (later Thamke, born 25 September 1958) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[1]

References

↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Claudia Hempel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

World long-course champions in women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

1973: Kornelia Ender, Andrea Eife, Andrea Hübner, Sylvia Eichner (GDR)
1975: Kornelia Ender, Barbara Krause, Claudia Hempel, Ute Brückner (GDR)
1978: Tracy Caulkins, Stephanie Elkins, Jill Sterkel, Cynthia Woodhead (USA)
1982: Birgit Meineke, Susanne Link, Kristin Otto, Caren Metschuck (GDR)
1986: Kristin Otto, Manuela Stellmach, Sabina Schulze, Heike Friedrich (GDR)
1991: Nicole Haislett, Julie Cooper, Whitney Hedgepeth, Jenny Thompson (USA)
1994: Le Jingyi, Shan Ying, Le Ying, Lü Bin (CHN)
1998: Lindsay Farella, Amy Van Dyken, Barbara Bedford, Jenny Thompson (USA)
2001: Petra Dallmann, Antje Buschschulte, Katrin Meissner, Sandra Völker (GER)
2003: Natalie Coughlin, Lindsay Benko, Rhi Jeffrey, Jenny Thompson (USA)
2005: Jodie Henry, Alice Mills, Shayne Reese, Libby Trickett (AUS)
2007: Libby Trickett, Melanie Schlanger, Shayne Reese, Jodie Henry (AUS)
2009: Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk, Marleen Veldhuis (NED)
2011: Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Marleen Veldhuis, Femke Heemskerk (NED)
2013: Missy Franklin, Natalie Coughlin, Shannon Vreeland, Megan Romano (USA)
2015: Emily Seebohm, Emma McKeon, Bronte Campbell, Cate Campbell (AUS)
2017: Mallory Comerford, Kelsi Dahlia, Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel (USA)
2019: Bronte Campbell, Brianna Throssell, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell (AUS)
2022: Mollie O'Callaghan, Madison Wilson, Meg Harris, Shayna Jack (AUS)
2023: Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon (AUS)
2024: Kim Busch, Janna van Kooten, Kira Toussaint, Marrit Steenbergen (NED)
2025: Mollie O'Callaghan, Meg Harris, Milla Jansen, Olivia Wunsch (AUS)

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