Barbara Krause (later Wanja, born on 7 July 1959 in
East Berlin
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) is a former
freestyle swimmer
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from
East Germany
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. She was a three-time Olympic gold medalist and eight-time world record holder. At the
1980 Summer Olympics
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in
Moscow
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, Krause won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle and in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.
Her husband,
Lutz Wanja, is also a retired German Olympic swimmer.
East German doping
Krause, like many of the East German athletes of that time, was
doped by her coaches under instruction from the
''Stasi''. At the time of the
1976 Summer Olympics
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in
Montreal
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Krause was forced off the East German swimming team because "team doctors had miscalculated her dose of drugs and worried she might test positive at the Games".
Both of her children were born with deformed feet, which was later attributed to her use of steroids.
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See also
* List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
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List of the members of the International Swimming Hall ...
References
External links
Schwimmen – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Teil 1)
sport-komplett.de
sport-komplett.de
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1959 births
Living people
Swimmers from East Berlin
Olympic swimmers for East Germany
East German female freestyle swimmers
Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
World record setters in swimming
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
German sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in swimming
Olympic gold medalists in swimming
Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
SC Dynamo Berlin sportspeople
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