Christiane Knacke
 Christiane Knacke in 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
17 April 1962 Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||
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Christiane Knacke (born 17 April 1962) is a retired swimmer from East Germany who specialized in the 100 m butterfly. In this event she won a silver medal at the 1977 European Aquatics Championships and a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] She was the first woman to break the one-minute barrier in the event, when she clocked 59.78 on August 28, 1977, setting a new world record.[2]
In 1989 she admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs against her will.[2]
She married twice, changing her last name to Driesener and then to Sommer.[1] Her daughter Jennifer, was born in 1983.[2]
References
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- 1 2 Christiane Knacke. sports-reference.com
- 1 2 3 Swimmer admits using steroids, De Welt, via Deseret News, July 14, 1989, mirror
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Preceded by Kornelia Ender |
Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) August 28, 1977 – July 3, 1978 |
Succeeded by Andrea Pollack |
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