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Andrea Eife
Andrea Eife (later Gemsleben, born 12 April 1956 in Leipzig) is a German former Swimming (sport), swimmer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and finished fifth and sixth in the individual 200 m and 100 m freestyle events, respectively. At the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, she won a bronze medal in the Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle, 200 m freestyle and a gold medal in the Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, breaking the world record. The next year, she repeated these medal achievements at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships. gbrathletics.com References |
Swimming At The Summer Olympics
Swimming has been a sport at every modern Summer Olympics. It has been open to women since 1912. At the Olympics, swimming has the second-highest number of medal-contested events (after athletics). Summary Long-course swimming Men's events Women's events Mixed events Medal table ''Last updated after the 2020 Summer Olympics'' Marathon swimming Events Medal table ''Last updated after the 2020 Summer Olympics'' Overall medal table ''Last updated after the 2020 Summer Olympics'' Nations Olympic records The International Olympic Committee recognize the best performances in all 35 current swimming events at the Games as Olympic records. Notable changes to the sport Times have consistently dropped over the years due to better training techniques and new developments within the sport. In the first four Olympics, competitions were not held in pools, but rather in open water (1896, the Mediterranean Sea; 1900, the Seine; 1904, an artificial lake; 1906, the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |