Renate "Reni" Erkens (later ''Küppers'', 24 June 1909 – 22 October 1987) was a German
freestyle
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swimmer
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who competed in the
1928 Summer Olympics
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.
She was born in
Oberhausen
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and was the wife of
Ernst Küppers and the mother of
Ernst-Joachim Küppers.
In 1928, she finished fourth with the German relay team in the
4×100 metre freestyle relay competition.
She also participated in the
100 metre freestyle event and in the
400 metre freestyle event but in both she was eliminated in the first round.
External links
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Olympedia
1909 births
1987 deaths
Sportspeople from Oberhausen
Swimmers from Düsseldorf (region)
Olympic swimmers for Germany
Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
German female freestyle swimmers
20th-century German sportswomen
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