Birte Weigang
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Weigang in 1988
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| Full name | Birte Weigang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  East Germany |
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| Born | 31 January 1968 Leipzig, Saxony, East Germany |
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, medley, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birte Weigang (born 31 January 1968 in Leipzig) is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The twenty-year-old triumphed with the DDR women's relay team in the 4×100 m medley together with her teammates Kristin Otto, Silke Hörner and Katrin Meissner, and finished second in both the 100 m and the 200 m butterfly. She won a gold medal in 1987 at the European Championships, at women's 4×100 m medley.
She is a daughter of the legendary Horst Weigang, once a footballer of the year for East Germany. She started her career in SC Turbine Erfurt. Weigang celebrated her biggest success in 1985, when at the age of 17 she became a European backstroke champion. Later she concentrated on butterfly style and won a silver medal at the World Championships in 1986, which were held in Madrid.
After Birte has given up her swimming career, she became a coach.
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