Helga Lindner (later Härtel; 5 May 1951 – 3 November 2021) was a German swimmer. Born in

Karl-Marx-Stadt Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the 28th largest city of Germany as well as the fourth largest city in the area of former East Germany ...

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, she competed for

in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. In 1968 she won a silver medal in the women's 200 m butterfly.

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competitor

Ada Kok Aagje ("Ada") Kok (born 6 June 1947, in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a former Dutch swimmer who ranked among the world's best in the butterfly stroke category during the 1960s. Her international career started in 1962 when, at the age of fifteen ...

won the gold by one-tenth of a second, then the smallest unit of time in the Olympic swimming contests. She also competed in the 100 m butterfly and, as part of a team of four which included

Uta Schmuck Uta Schmuck (later Uta Hoffmann, born 19 August 1949) is a retired German swimmer. Born in Limbach-Oberfrohna, Soviet Occupied Zone, she competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics. She qualified for the women's 100 metre freestyle, ...

, the 4 × 100 m medley relay. The East German team came in fifth. She participated in the 1970 European Aquatics Championships in

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. She and three other swimmers (as a team) from East Germany won a gold medal in the women's 4×100 m medley relay. She personally won a gold medal in the women's 200 m butterfly. She also won a silver medal in the women's 100 m butterfly. She later competed for

in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

, but did not win any medals. She was part of the 200 m butterfly event. Lindner died on 3 November 2021, at the age of 70.TRAUER Trauer Um Europameisterin Helga Lindner-Härtel
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindner, Helga 1951 births 2021 deaths East German female swimmers Olympic swimmers of East Germany Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Sportspeople from Chemnitz Female butterfly swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming