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Jan 31, 1968 Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany 56 years old
East German swimmer
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About Birte Weigang
- Birte Weigang (born 31 January 1968 in Leipzig) is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
- The twenty-year-old triumphed with the DDR women's relay team in the 4×100 m medley together with her teammates Kristin Otto, Silke Hörner and Katrin Meissner, and finished second in both the 100 m and the 200 m butterfly.
- She won a gold medal in 1987 at the European Championships, in the women's 4×100 m medley. She is a daughter of the legendary Horst Weigang, once a footballer of the year for East Germany.
- She started her career in SC Turbine Erfurt.
- Weigang celebrated her biggest success in 1985, when at the age of 17 she became a European backstroke champion.
- Later she concentrated on butterfly style and won a silver medal at the World Championships in 1986, which were held in Madrid. After Weigang gave up her swimming career, she became a coach.
