Karla Linke

Karla Linke

Personal information
Born	(1960-06-29) 29 June 1960 Dresden, Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	SC Einheit Dresden
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  East Germany World Championships 1975 Cali 400 m medley 1975 Cali 200 m breaststroke European Championships 1974 Vienna 200 m breaststroke

Karla Linke (also Carla; born 29 June 1960) is a retired German swimmer who won the 200 m breastroke event at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships, breaking the world record twice in the process.^[1] The following year, she collected two medals at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships: a silver in the 400 m medley and a bronze in the 200 m breaststroke.^[2] She also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events and finished eighth and fifth, respectively.^[3]

After retiring from competitive swimming in 1977, Linke moved to Sweden and worked for the German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Dresden. As of May 2012 she was employed by the Swedish Embassy in Berlin.^[4]

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