Ulrike Tauber (born 16 June 1958) is a retired medley and

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swimmer from

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, who won the gold medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the

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. There she also captured the silver medal in the women's 200 m butterfly. In the 1970s Tauber set numerous world records in the 200 m and 200 m individual medley.

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1958 births Living people East German female swimmers East German female butterfly swimmers East German female medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for East Germany Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany World record setters in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Chemnitz Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver {{Germany-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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