Katrin Meissner (german: Katrin Meißner, born 17 January 1973) is a former freestyle swimmer from

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 ...

, who won three medals at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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. The fifteen-year-old triumphed with the GDR women's relay team in the 4×100 m medley and in the 4×100 m freestyle, and finished third in the 50 m freestyle.

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* * 1973 births Living people People from East Berlin Swimmers from Berlin German female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of East Germany Olympic swimmers of Germany Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Olympic gold medalists in swimming Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold 20th-century German women {{Germany-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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