Uta Schmuck (later Uta Hoffmann, born 19 August 1949) is a retired German

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. Born in

Limbach-Oberfrohna Limbach-Oberfrohna is a town in the district of Zwickau (district), Zwickau in Saxony, Germany. Main sights * ''Schloss '' (Castle) Wolkenburg * Protestant church in Oberfrohna * ''Wasserturm '' ("Water Tower") * Limbach Municipal Church Town h ...

Soviet Occupied Zone The Soviet Occupation Zone ( or german: Ostzone, label=none, "East Zone"; , ''Sovetskaya okkupatsionnaya zona Germanii'', "Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany") was an area of Germany in Central Europe that was occupied by the Soviet Union as a c ...

, she competed for

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

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 ...

. She qualified for the women's 100 metre

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, the women's 4×100 m freestyle

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, and, as part of a team of four that included

Helga Lindner Helga Lindner (later Härtel; 5 May 1951 – 3 November 2021) was a German swimmer. Born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany, she competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics. In 1968 she won a silver medal in the women's 200 m ...

, the women's 4×100 m

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. She,

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 ...

, Gabriele Perthes, and Gabriele Wetzko won a silver medal in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay. The women's 4×100 m medley relay team came in fifth.

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* 1949 births Living people German female swimmers Olympic swimmers for East Germany Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany East German female freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming {{Germany-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub