Andrea Pollack (later Pinske; 8 May 1961 – 13 March 2019) was a butterfly swimmer from East Germany who won three Olympic gold medals.
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![]() Andrea Pollack in 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | East German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1961-05-08)8 May 1961 Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany now Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 March 2019(2019-03-13) (aged 57) Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly, Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pollack was born in 1961 in Schwerin. She was a member of SC Dynamo Berlin. She who won two gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at age fifteen. She won the individual 200 m butterfly and with the women's relay team in the 4×100 m medley. Pollack also collected two silver medals at the Montreal Games.[1]
Pollack won a gold in the 4×100 m medley relay and a silver in the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. In 1978 she twice broke the world record in the women's 200 m butterfly. In 1998, several former East German swimmers, including Pollack, went public with accusations against their coaches and physicians that they were systematically doped.[2]
Pollack married Norbert Pinske who competed in cycling.[3] Their son, Michael Pinske, went to the 2008 Summer Olympics as a judoka.[4]
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Preceded by | Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) 3 July 1978 – 11 April 1980 |
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Preceded by | Women's 200 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) 9 April 1978 – 7 July 1979 |
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European champions in women's 100 m butterfly | |
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European champions in women's 4 × 100 m medley relay | |
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