Uta Schmuck

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Uta Schmuck
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Uta Schmuck in 1968
Personal information
Born (1949-08-19) 19 August 1949 (age 75)
Limbach-Oberfrohna, Soviet occupation zone in Germany
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubSC Karl-Marx-Stadt, Chemnitz
Medal record
Representing Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1968 Mexico City 4×100 m freestyle

Uta Schmuck (later Uta Hoffmann; born 19 August 1949) is a retired German swimmer. Born in Limbach-Oberfrohna, Soviet Occupied Zone, she competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

She qualified for the women's 100 metre freestyle, the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay, and, as part of a team of four that included Helga Lindner, the women's 4×100 m medley relay. She, Roswitha Krause, Gabriele Perthes, and Gabriele Wetzko won a silver medal in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay. The women's 4×100 m medley relay team came in fifth. [1]

References

  1. "Swimming Olympic Games 1968 at Mexico City (mex) Women: 4 x 100 m Medley Relay". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2008.