Hannelore Anke (later Hofmann; born 8 December 1957) is a retired German swimmer who competed for East Germany in the 1970s.
 Hannelore Anke in 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | East German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 December 1957 Schlema, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editAnke 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
editAnke 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
editOfficials from the East German team have later admitted that they administered performance-enhancing drugs to Anke during her career.[3][5][6][7]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Kluge 2004, pp. 13, 99.
- ^ Kluge 2004, p. 13.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "ISHOF 1990 Honorees". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "The East German Doping Machine". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 24 April 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
- ^ "OLYMPICS; U.S. May Seek to Change Medals Won by East Germans". The New York Times. 20 October 1998. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
References
edit- Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.
External links
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- Hannelore Anke at World Aquatics
- Hannelore Anke at SwimRankings.net
- Hannelore Anke at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Hannelore Anke at Olympics.com
- Hannelore Anke at Olympedia
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