Birgit Treiber
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Birgit Treiber in 1979
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 February 1960 Oschatz, Germany |
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| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Einheit Dresden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Birgit Treiber (born 26 February 1960) is a former swimmer from the German Democratic Republic. She won one gold and two silver medals in the 1976 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]
Career
She began her international career in 1975, setting a new world record in the 200 m backstroke at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships, where she also won silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke.[2]
At the 1976 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 4×100 m medley relay. She swam only in the preliminary round, where the East Germany team set a new Olympic record. In the 100 meters and 200 meters backstroke she finished second behind Ulrike Richter.[1] In the same year she set world records in the 400 m individual medley and 200 m backstroke. Next year she won three gold medals at the European LC Championships 1977.[2]
After winning three silver medals at the 1978 and a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics she ended her swimming career and became a dentist. It was later revealed that she was involved in the East Germany doping program.[3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Birgit Treiber. sports-reference.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Birgit TREIBER. les-sports.info
- ↑ "Staatsplanthema 14.25" von 1988 legte exakte Anabolika-Dosen fest Doping in der DDR (4): Mißbrauch von Aufputschmittel an 13jährige Mädchen: Kinder - Spielbälle für Mediziner und Trainer. Berliner Zeitung, 8 April 1994.
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