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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 (nowGermany) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrea Pollack (laterPinske; 8 May 1961 – 13 March 2019) was abutterfly swimmer fromEast Germany who won three Olympic gold medals.
Pollack was born in 1961 inSchwerin. She was a member ofSC Dynamo Berlin. She who won two gold medals at the1976 Summer Olympics inMontreal, Quebec, Canada, at age fifteen. She won theindividual 200 m butterfly and with thewomen'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 the4×100 m medley relay and a silver in the100 m butterfly at the1980 Moscow Olympics. In 1978 she twice broke theworld 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 the2008 Summer Olympics as ajudoka.[4]
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| Preceded by | Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) 3 July 1978 – 11 April 1980 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Women's 200 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) 9 April 1978 – 7 July 1979 | Succeeded by |
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