Sabine Herbst-Klenz (born 27 June 1974, in

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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 Medley or Medleys may refer to: 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 ...

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from

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. She twice competed for her native country at the

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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.

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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 {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub