Renate Vogel (later ''Heinrich'' and ''Bauer'', born 30 June 1955) is a retired East German breaststroke swimmer. She had her best achievements in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, setting two

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in 1973 and 1974, and winning a silver medal at the

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and two gold medals at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships and

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. She also won two world titles in the

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and 200 breaststroke events in 1973, and set two world records in the 100 m breaststroke in 1974. In 1979, she fled to West Germany by boarding a plane from Budapest to Munich with a false West German passport. There she gave a series of interviews disclosing details of the East German training system and later worked as a swimming coach. Her cousin, the late Helga Lindner also competed in swimming at the 1972 Olympics.

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1955 births Living people Sportspeople from Chemnitz German female swimmers Female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of East Germany Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming East German defectors East German emigrants to West Germany East German female swimmers Olympic silver medalists in swimming {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub