Gabriele Wetzko
| 210px Gabriele Wetzko in 1970 |
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| Medal record | ||
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| Women's swimming | ||
Representing  East Germany |
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| Summer Olympic Games | ||
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1968 Mexico City | 4×100 m freestyle |
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1972 Munich | 4×100 m freestyle |
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1972 Munich | 4×100 m medley |
| European Championships | ||
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1970 Barcelona | 200 m freestyle |
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1970 Barcelona | 100 m freestyle |
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1970 Barcelona | 4×100 m medley |
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1970 Barcelona | 4×100 m freestyle |
Gabriele Wetzko (born 24 August 1954 in Leipzig) is a former German swimmer. Born in Leipzig, East Germany, she competed for East Germany in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. She is the divorced wife of Wilfried Hartung.[1]
At the 1968 Olympics she competed in the 200 m, 400 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle events. The 4 × 100 m freestyle East German team of Gabriele Wetzko, Uta Schmuck, Gabriele Perthes and Roswitha Krause won a silver medal.[1]
At the 1970 European Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, she won four gold medals: in the 100 m[2] and 200 m freestyle,[3] as well as in the 4×100 medley[4] and 4×100 m freestyle relays.[4]
At the 1972 Olympics she competed in the 100 m freestyle, 4×100 m medley relay and 4×100 m freestyle relay, where her team, once again, won the silver medal.[1]
In 1973, she completed her swimming career and began studying for a medical degree, later receiving a degree in economics as well.
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- German swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of East Germany
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Sportspeople from Leipzig
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Female freestyle swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
