Ute Geweniger

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Medal record
Women's Swimming
Competitor for Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold 1980 Moscow 100 m Breaststroke
Gold 1980 Moscow 4x100 m Medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold 1982 Guayaquil 100 m Breaststroke
Gold 1982 Guayaquil 4x100 m Medley
Silver 1982 Guayaquil 200 m Medley
Silver 1982 Guayaquil 200 m Breaststroke
European Championships (LC)
Gold 1981 Split 100 m Breaststroke
Gold 1981 Split 200 m Breaststroke
Gold 1981 Split 100 m Butterfly
Gold 1981 Split 200 m Medley
Gold 1981 Split 4x100 m Medley
Gold 1983 Rome 100 m Breaststroke
Gold 1983 Rome 200 m Breaststroke
Gold 1983 Rome 200 m Medley
Gold 1983 Rome 4x100 m Medley
Silver 1981 Split 400 m Medley

Ute Geweniger (born February 24, 1964 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany) was a breaststroke and medley swimmer of the 1980s who was a leading member of the East German swimming team. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 100 m breaststroke and 4x100 m medley relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and set seven individual and two relay world records. She was named by Swimming World magazine as World Swimmer of the Year in 1983 and as the European Swimmer of the Year in 1981 and 1983.

Geweniger came to prominence when she set a world record in the 100 m breaststroke in qualifying for the East German team for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There she captured gold, setting another world record in the process. She then combined with Rica Reinisch, Andrea Pollack and Caren Metschuck to claim gold in the medley relay, also in world record time. In 1981, she broke the 100 m breaststroke world record thrice, and the 200 m Individual medley world record, prior to the European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia (now Croatia). There she claimed gold in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke (breaking a world record in the former), 200 m individual medley, medley relay, as well as a silver in the 400 m individual medley behind team-mate Petra Schneider. At the World Championships the following year in Guayaquil, Ecuador, she won gold in both the 100 m breaststroke and the medley relay, combining with Ines Geissler, Birgit Meineke and Kristin Otto to again lower the world record. At the 1983 European Championships in Rome, Italy, she again won the breaststroke double, the 200 m individual medley and the 4x100 m medley relay, setting a world record in the 100 m breaststroke. Geweniger was tipped for further Olympic success, but her career was ended when the Soviet bloc, including East Germany, staged a retaliatory boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles.

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Records
Preceded by
Flag of the German Democratic Republic Petra Schneider
Women's 200 metre individual medley
world record holder (long course)

July 4, 1981July 30, 1992
Succeeded by
Flag of the People's Republic of China Li Lin
Awards
Preceded by
Flag of the German Democratic Republic Petra Schneider
European Swimmer of the Year
1981
Succeeded by
Flag of the German Democratic Republic Cornelia Sirch
Preceded by
Flag of the German Democratic Republic Maxi Gnauck
East German Sportswoman of the Year
1981
Succeeded by
Flag of the German Democratic Republic Marita Koch
Preceded by
Flag of the German Democratic Republic Petra Schneider
World Swimmer of the Year
1983
Succeeded by
Flag of the German Democratic Republic Kristin Otto
Preceded by
Flag of the German Democratic Republic Cornelia Sirch
European Swimmer of the Year
1983
Succeeded by
Flag of the German Democratic Republic Kristin Otto