Christiane Lanzke (15 March 1947 – 2005) was a German diver and actress. She competed in the 10 m platform and 3 m springboard at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

and finished in fifth and tenth place, respectively. She won a silver medal in the springboard event at the

1962 European Aquatics Championships The 1962 European Aquatics Championships were held in Leipzig, East Germany from 18 to 25 August 1962. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men). In the men's swimming program, the 100 m backstroke had been replaced by the 200 ...

. She retired from competitions in 1966 due to a shoulder injury. The same year she began her career as actress playing the lead role of a diver in the film ''Das Mädchen auf dem Brett'' (''The girl on the board''). Despite injury she performed all dives in the film. Later she studied acting at the German Film School in Potsdam and worked on stage in Halle and Greifswald. She also took small roles in the films ''Unterwegs zu Lenin'' (1970), Tscheljuskin (1970), ''Du und ich und Klein-Paris'' (1970), ''Mein lieber Robinson'' (1971) and ''Der Mann, der nach der Oma kam'' (1971). Lanzke drowned herself in the

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...

near

Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...

in 2005.

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