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Andrea Pollack
Andrea Pollack, full name Andrea Pollack-Pinske (1961–2019), was an East German butterfly swimmer who won three gold and three silver medals at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games.
Anne Katrin Leucht
Anne Katrin Leucht, also spelled Anne-Katrin Leucht, is an East German swimmer with SC DHfK Leipzig who took silver in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly at the 1974 European Championships.
Birte Weigang
Birte Weigang (born 1968, Leipzig) is a former East German swimmer, 1988 Olympic medley relay champion and double butterfly silver medalist, later a confirmed GDR doping victim who applied for compensation in 2003.
Christiane Knacke
Christiane Knacke (Sommer), East German swimmer born 1962 in East Berlin, SC Dynamo Berlin; first woman under one minute for 100 m butterfly (59.78, 1977), 1980 Moscow Olympic bronze medalist, later a key witness against GDR doping.
Hartmut Flockner
Hartmut Flöckner, East German swimmer born 1953 in Berlin, butterfly specialist; 1972 Olympic silver in 4x100 m medley relay, 1973 world bronze 200 m butterfly, later Berlin bicycle shop owner.
Helga Lindner
Helga Lindner (later Haertel), 1951-2021, East German butterfly swimmer from Chemnitz; 1968 Olympic 200m butterfly silver behind Ada Kok, 1970 European champion, 200m fly European record holder.
Ines Geißler
Ines Geißler (Ines Geißler-Kaulfuss), East German swimmer born 1963 in Marienberg, 1980 Moscow Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m butterfly (2:10.44), also 1982 world champion and 1981/1983 European champion; career later linked to GDR doping.
Jutta Langenau
Jutta Langenau (1933-1982), East German swimmer from Erfurt, won the 1954 European 100 m butterfly title in a world record 1:16.6, finished sixth at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, and later coached Roland Matthes.
Kathleen Nord
Kathleen Nord (married name Kathleen Feldvoss) was a German swimmer who won the 200 meters butterfly gold medal for East Germany at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Kornelia Gressler
Kornelia Gressler (Greßler), born 1970, East German butterfly swimmer; 1986 World champion 100m butterfly (59.51) and medley relay gold, 1985 European 100m butterfly champion; not Kornelia Ender.
Lutz Stoklasa
Lutz Stoklasa (born 1949, Langewiesen) is a West German butterfly swimmer, Wacker Burghausen, 1968 and 1972 Olympian, 100 m butterfly European record holder, 1975 world relay silver medalist, later a physician in Wyk auf Föhr.
Roger Pyttel
Roger Pyttel (born 1957, Wolfen) is a German former swimmer who competed for East Germany at three Olympics, won 1980 silver in the 100 m butterfly and bronze in the 200 m, and in 1976 became the first man under two minutes in the 200 m butterfly.
Roswitha Beier
Roswitha Beier (Roswitha Sonntag), East German swimmer born 1956 in Riesa, won silver in the 100 m butterfly and 4x100 medley relay at Munich 1972 and 200 m butterfly silver at the 1973 Belgrade World Championships.
Steffen Deibler
Steffen Deibler, German swimmer (born 1987, Biberach an der Riß), short course 50m butterfly world record holder (21.80, 2009–2018), three-time Olympian 2008–2016, brother of Markus Deibler.
Ute Noack
Ute Noack (born 1943, Berlin) is an East German butterfly swimmer, Berliner TSC; 1962 European medley relay gold and 100 fly silver behind Ada Kok, multiple European records, 10th in the 100 fly at Tokyo 1964.