Andrea Pollack (later Pinske; 8 May 1961 – 13 March 2019) was a butterfly swimmer from East Germany who won three Olympic gold medals. Pollack was born in 1961 in Schwerin. She was a member of SC Dynamo Berlin. She who won two gold medals at the

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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. Pollack won a gold in the 4×100 m medley relay and a silver in the 100 m butterfly at the

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. 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. Pollack married Norbert Pinske who competed in cycling. Their son, Michael Pinske, went to the

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* 1961 births 2019 deaths Sportspeople from Schwerin Olympic swimmers of East Germany East German female butterfly swimmers East German female freestyle swimmers 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 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming Doping cases in swimming {{Germany-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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