Ines Diers

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Ines Diers
Personal information
NationalityEast German
Born (1963-11-02) 2 November 1963 (age 60)
Rochlitz, Sachsen, East Germany now Germany
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1980 Moscow 400 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1980 Moscow 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1980 Moscow 200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1980 Moscow 800 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1980 Moscow 100 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1981 Split 400 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1981 Split 4x100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1981 Split 800 m freestyle

Ines Diers (later Noack; born 2 November 1963, in Rochlitz) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany. At age sixteen she won a total number of five medals at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. [1]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ines Diers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2018.