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| Born | 23 June 1953 Duisburg, West Germany | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||
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Petra Nows (born 23 June 1953) is a German former swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1]
Kristin Otto is a former German swimmer, becoming Olympic, World and European champion, multiple times. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic Games, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. In long course, she held the world records in the 100 meter and 200 meter freestyle events. Otto was also the first woman to swim the short course 100 meter backstroke in under a minute, doing so at an international short course meet at Indiana University in 1983.
Swimming as usual was one of the three aquatics disciplines at the 1980 Summer Olympics—the other two being Water Polo and Diving. It was held in the Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex between July 20 and July 27. There was a total of 333 participants from 41 countries competing.
Petra Burka is a Canadian former competitive figure skater and now coach. She won the 1964 Olympic bronze medal in women's figure skating and the 1965 World championship in the sport.
Thomas Fitzgerald Dolan is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Petra Schneider is a German retired medley and freestyle swimmer. She actively competed in the 1970s and 1980s.
Ute Geweniger is a former breaststroke and medley swimmer who was a leading member of the East German swimming team in the 1980s. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 100 m breaststroke and 4×100 m medley relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and set seven individual and two relay world records. She was named by Swimming World Magazine as World Swimmer of the Year in 1983 and as the European Swimmer of the Year in 1981 and 1983.
Petronella ("Petra") Grietje van Staveren is a former breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands who won the gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She also won a bronze at the 1986 world championships and a European silver in 1983 in the 4×100 meter medley relay. She finished five times in fourth place at European championships in 1981–1985.
Rica Reinisch is a retired swimmer from East Germany. She was a specialist in backstroke, setting four world records in the Moscow Games, at the age of fifteen. She won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke and as a member of the 4 x 100 medley relay team.
Petra Thümer is a former swimmer from East Germany. She won gold medals in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1977 European Aquatics Championships. During her career she set five world records in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle. In 1987 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Petra Granlund is a Swedish swimmer from Valla, representing Väsby SS. Granlund participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics for Sweden in the 200 m butterfly and in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. She finished 14th in the 200 m butterfly and 8th in the 4×200 freestyle relay, alongside Josefin Lillhage, Gabriella Fagundez and Ida Marko-Varga.
Petra Dallmann is a German swimmer. She won a bronze medal in 2004 Olympics. She has also won many other medals, including a gold medal in 2001 World Aquatics Championships.
Wendy Weinberg Weil is an American former competition swimmer who was an Olympic Games, Pan American Games, and Maccabiah Games medalist.
Petra Priemer is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Petra Riedel is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Petra Zindler is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Petra Klosová is a Czech swimmer who specialized in freestyle and backstroke events. She is a two-time Olympian and a multiple-time national champion and record holder for the freestyle and backstroke events.
Petra Nerger is a German former swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Petra Bekaert is a swimmer who represented the Netherlands Antilles. She competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Annette Petra Hildér is a Swedish former freestyle swimmer. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Petra Chaves is a Portuguese backstroke and medley swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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