Martina Grunert (later Koch then Abresch; born 17 May 1949 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 ...

) is a retired German swimmer who participated in the

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and

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 ...

. As a part of the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team she was sixth in 1964 and won a silver medal in 1968. Her best individual achievement was fifth place in 100 m freestyle in 1968. She also won two gold medals in the European Aquatics Championships: 100 m freestyle (1966) and 200 m medley (1970).EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)
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1949 births Living people German female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of the United Team of Germany Olympic swimmers of East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers from Leipzig 21st-century German women 20th-century German women {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub