Roswitha Krause (born 3 November 1949) is a retired

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freestyle

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and

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player. She is the first woman to win Summer Olympic medals in two different sports. Krause won a silver medal at the

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in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.

Biography

She then focused on handball and won a silver and a bronze medal with East German teams at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics, respectively, as well as two world titles in 1975 and 1978 and three European Cups. Meanwhile, she continued winning national titles in swimming through late 1970s. She took up swimming because her doctor advised it to improve her shoulder condition; however, she noted in 1970 that her heart was always for ball sports, handball or football. In 1970 she started training in handball and for about a year did both swimming and handball every week. After that she focused on handball and by 1973 was part of the national team. She retired after the 1980 Olympics to coach handball and swimming at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krause, Roswitha 1949 births Living people People from Dahme, Brandenburg East German female swimmers German female handball players Sportspeople from Brandenburg Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic medalists in handball East German female freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze SC Dynamo Berlin athletes People from Bezirk Cottbus East German female handball players East German sports coaches Female sports coaches German handball coaches

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