Roswitha Krause

Roswitha Krause (born 3 November 1949) is a retired German freestyle swimmer and team handball player. She is the first woman to win Summer Olympic medals in two different sports. Krause won a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.

Roswitha Krause
Krause in 1968
Personal information
Born (1949-11-03) 3 November 1949
Dahme, East Germany
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubSC Dynamo Berlin; Berliner TSC
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Women's swimming
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City 4×100 m freestyle
Women's handball
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1975 Soviet UnionTeam
Gold medal – first place1978 CzechoslovakiaTeam

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,[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] 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 Humboldt University.[4]

See also

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roswitha Krause". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. Schwimmen – DDR – Meisterschaften (Damen – Teil 1), Schwimmen – DDR – Meisterschaften (Damen – Teil 3), Schwimmen – DDR – Meisterschaften (Damen – Teil 11). sport-komplett.de
  3. Roswitha Krause. munzinger.de, 27 April 2010
  4. Werner, Henriette (5 July 2008) "Auf ein Wort zum Sport". Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (interview in German). unaufgefordert.de
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