Elke Sehmisch

Elke Sehmisch in 1971

Personal information

Born

4 May 1955
Leipzig, Germany

Height

1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)

Weight

52 kg (115 lb)

Sport

Swimming

Club

SC DHfK

Medal record

Competitor for East Germany
Olympic Games
Silver	1972 Munich	4×100 m freestyle
European Championships
Gold	1970 Barcelona	100 m freestyle
Gold	1970 Barcelona	4×100 m freestyle

Elke Sehmisch (born 4 May 1955) is a German former swimmer. She won a silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics,^[1] as well as two gold medals in the 100 m and 4×100 m freestyle events at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships.^[2]

References

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European Champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle

1927: Maria Braun (NED)
1931: Maria Braun (NED)
1934: Rie Mastenbroek (NED)
1938: Ragnhild Hveger (DEN)
1947: Karen Harup (DEN)
1950: Greta Andersen (DEN)
1954: Ágota Sebő (HUN)
1958: Jans Koster (NED)
1962: Adrie Lasterie (NED)
1966: Claude Mandonnaud (FRA)
1970: Elke Sehmisch (GDR)
1972: Angela Franke (GDR)
1977: Petra Thümer (GDR)
1981: Ines Diers (GDR)
1983: Astrid Strauss (GDR)
1985: Astrid Strauss (GDR)
1987: Heike Friedrich (GDR)
1989: Anke Möhring (GDR)
1991: Irene Dalby (NOR)
1993: Dagmar Hase (GER)
1995: Franziska van Almsick (GER)
1997: Dagmar Hase (GER)
1999: Camelia Potec (ROM)
2000: Yana Klochkova (UKR)
2002: Yana Klochkova (UKR)
2004: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
2006: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
2008: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
2010: Rebecca Adlington (GBR)
2012: Coralie Balmy (FRA)
2014: Jazmin Carlin (GBR)

European champions in women's 4×100 m freestyle relay

1927: Great Britain (Laverty, Davies, King, Cooper)
1931: Netherlands (Baumeister, Vierdag, den Ouden, Braun)
1934: Netherlands (Selbach, Timmermans, Mastenbroek, den Ouden)
1938: Denmark (Riise, Kraft, Ove-Petersen, Hveger)
1947: Denmark (Svendsen, Harup, Andersen, Nathansen)
1950: Netherlands (Massaar, Termeulen, Linssen-Vaessen, Heijting-Schuhmacher)
1954: Hungary (Gyenge, Sebő, Temes, Szőke)
1958: Netherlands (Schimmel, Lagerberg, Kraan, Gastelaars)
1962: Netherlands (Gastelaars, Lasterie, Terpstra, Tigelaar)
1966: Soviet Union (Sipchenko, Rudenko, Ustinova, Sosnova)
1970: East Germany (Wetzko, Komar, Sehmisch, Schulze)
1974: East Germany (Ender, Franke, Eife, Hübner)
1977: East Germany (Treiber, Wächtler, Priemer, Krause)
1981: East Germany (Meineke, Metschuck, Diers, Link)
1983: East Germany (Otto, Link, Sirch, Meineke)
1985: East Germany (Strauss, König, Stellmach, Friedrich)
1987: East Germany (Stellmach, Friedrich, Otto, Meissner)
1989: East Germany (Meissner, Stellmach, Hunger, Friedrich)
1991: Netherlands (van der Plaats, de Bruijn, Mastenbroek, Brienesse)
1993: Germany (van Almsick, Kielgass, Stellmach, Hunger)
1995: Germany (van Almsick, Osygus, Kielgass, Hunger)
1997: Germany (Meissner, Osygus, Buschschulte, Völker)
1999: Germany (Meissner, Buschschulte, van Almsick, Völker)
2000: Sweden (Jöhncke, Sjöberg, Kammerling, Alshammar)
2002: Germany (Meissner, Dallmann, Völker, van Almsick)
2004: France (Figuès, Couderc, Mongel, Metella)
2006: Germany (Dallmann, Götz, Steffen, Liebs)
2008: Netherlands (Dekker, Kromowidjojo, Heemskerk, Veldhuis)
2010: Germany (Samulski, Lippok, Vitting, Schreiber)
2012: Germany (Steffen, Lippok, Vitting, Schreiber)
2014: Sweden (Coleman, Kuras, Hansson, Sjöström)