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East German swimmer
Ulrike Richter
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East German swimmer
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Ulrike Schmidt
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Görlitz, Germany
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65 years
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Ulrike Richter (later Schmidt, born 17 June 1959) is a German former swimmer who competed for East Germany in the 1970s. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal she won three gold medals. She received two gold medals at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, and two in 1975. Richter set fourteen world records during her career, in 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and medley relay. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1983.
Doping
Officials from the East German team have later confessed that they had administered performance enchancing drugs to Richter during her career.
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