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Gabriele Wetzko

Gabriele Wetzko
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Gabriele Wetzko in 1970
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  East Germany
Summer Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich 4×100 m medley
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1970 Barcelona 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1970 Barcelona 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1970 Barcelona 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 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.

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.

At the 1970 European Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, she won four gold medals: in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle, as well as in the 4×100 medley and 4×100 m freestyle relays.

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.

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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