Karin Neugebauer (later Fröbel, born 5 December 1955 in

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

) is a retired German freestyle swimmer. At the age of 13 she won the gold medal in the 800 m freestyle event at the 1969 Junior European Aquatics Championships in Vienna, and repeated this achievement in the next year at the

1970 European Aquatics Championships The 1970 European Aquatics Championships were held in Barcelona, Spain from 5 to 13 September 1970. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men). The swimming program was significantly expanded. Both men and women competed in the ...

.EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)
gbrathletics.com However, shortly thereafter she retired from competitive swimming.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Neugebauer, Karin 1955 births Living people German female freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Leipzig European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 20th-century German women 21st-century German women