Daniela Hunger
![]() Daniela Hunger in 1990 | |
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Born | (1972-03-20) 20 March 1972 (age 52) East Berlin, East Germany |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Medley Freestyle |
Club | SC Dynamo Berlin SV Preußen Berlin |
Medal record |
Daniela Hunger (born 20 March 1972 in East Berlin) is a former medley and freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two golden medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea: in the women's 200 m individual medley, and as a member of the women's 4×100 m freestyle team. Hunger also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she captured three medals. She competed for SC Dynamo Berlin.[1][2][3]
In 1998, several former East German swimmers have gone public with accusations against their coaches and physicians that they were systematically doped, Daniela Hunger being one of them.[4]
See also
- List of European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
References
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- 1968:
Claudia Kolb (USA)
- 1972:
Shane Gould (AUS)
- 1984:
Tracy Caulkins (USA)
- 1988:
Daniela Hunger (GDR)
- 1992:
Lin Li (CHN)
- 1996:
Michelle Smith (IRL)
- 2000:
Yana Klochkova (UKR)
- 2004:
Yana Klochkova (UKR)
- 2008:
Stephanie Rice (AUS)
- 2012:
Ye Shiwen (CHN)
- 2016:
Katinka Hosszú (HUN)
- 2020:
Yui Ohashi (JPN)
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