Hannelore Anke

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Hannelore Anke
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Hannelore Anke in 1975
Personal information
NationalityEast German
Born (1957-12-08) 8 December 1957 (age 66)
Schlema, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Medal record
Representing Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1976 Montreal 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1976 Montreal 4×100 m medley
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1975 Cali 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1975 Cali 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1975 Cali 4×100 medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1973 Belgrade 200 m breaststroke

Hannelore Anke (later Hofmann; born 8 December 1957) is a retired German swimmer who competed for East Germany in the 1970s.

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Personal life

Anke was born in 1957 in Bad Schlema. Her mother had a senior position in a textile manufacturing plant and her father was a decorative painter. The sixth of ultimately seven children, she was the first god-child of Wilhelm Pieck, who at the time of her birth was president of East Germany. [1]

Sports career

Anke became junior-champion at the 1971 Junior European Swimming Championships. [2] She had her best achievements in the 100 m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay. In these two events she won gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics [3] and 1975 World Aquatics Championships, and set two world records. In 1975, she also won a world title in the 100 m breaststroke. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1990. [4] [5]

Doping

Officials from the East German team have later admitted that they administered performance-enhancing drugs to Anke during her career. [3] [5] [6] [7]

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Notes

  1. Kluge 2004, pp. 13, 99.
  2. Kluge 2004, p. 13.
  3. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hannelore Anke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  4. "ISHOF 1990 Honorees". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  5. 1 2 "Hannelore Anke (GDR) – 1990 Honor Swimmer". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  6. "The East German Doping Machine". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 24 April 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
  7. "OLYMPICS; U.S. May Seek to Change Medals Won by East Germans". The New York Times. 20 October 1998. Retrieved 3 May 2008.

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