Sabine Herbst-Klenz (born 27 June 1974, in
Leipzig
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,
Sachsen
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) is a retired female
butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
and
medley
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Sports
*Medley swimming, races requiring multiple swimming styles
* Medley relay races at track meets
Music
*Medley (music), multiple pieces strung together
People
*Medley (surname), list of people with this nam ...
swimmer
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from
Germany
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. She twice competed for her native country at the
Summer Olympics
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: 1996 and 2000. Herbst is the daughter of Olympians
Eva Wittke and
Jochen Herbst, and the sister of swimmer
Stefan Herbst.
Her son Ramon Klenz is also a swimmer. He broke the 32-year old German record of Michael Groß in 200m Butterfly.
References
sports-reference
1974 births
Living people
German female butterfly swimmers
German female medley swimmers
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers for Germany
Swimmers from Leipzig
Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
FISU World University Games silver medalists for Germany
Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
20th-century German sportswomen
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