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Born November 17, 1950 • Erfurt • East Germany • (Birthday in 4 days)
Died December 20, 2019 (aged 69) • Germany
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Missy Franklin smiles and waves while wearing her gold medal and holding a bouquet after winning the Women's 200 meter backstroke at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Missy Franklin
American swimmer
Krisztina Egerszegi
Krisztina Egerszegi
Hungarian swimmer
John Naber
John Naber
American athlete
Ryan Lochte, shirtless and wet, smiles and looks upward after swimming, with a blurred blue pool background at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Ryan Lochte
American swimmer
Kristin Otto
Kristin Otto
German swimmer
Mark Spitz
Mark Spitz
American swimmer
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Eleanor Holm
American swimmer and entertainer
Aileen Riggin, 1922.
Aileen Riggin
American swimmer and diver
Olympic gold-medal winner Ethelda Bleibtrey
Ethelda Bleibtrey
American athlete
Shane Gould
Shane Gould
Australian athlete
Debbie Meyer
Debbie Meyer
American swimmer
Champion swimmer Kornelia Ender
Kornelia Ender
East German swimmer
Michael Gross competing at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles
Michael Gross
German swimmer
Kip Keino
Kip Keino
Kenyan distance runner
Saneyev, Viktor
Viktor Saneyev
Soviet athlete
Ruth Fuchs
Ruth Fuchs
German athlete
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Pablo Morales
American swimmer
Michael Phelps smiles while wearing a black suit at the 2004 ESPYs awards, with people in the background.
Michael Phelps
American swimmer
Trickett, Libby
Libby Trickett
Australian swimmer
Inge de Bruijn after winning the 100-metre butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Inge de Bruijn
Dutch swimmer

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