Heike Friedrich

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Heike Friedrich

Friedrich in 1988
Personal information
Nationality	East German
Born	(1970-04-18) 18 April 1970 (age 54) Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 200 m freestyle 1988 Seoul 4×100 m freestyle 1988 Seoul 400 m freestyle World Championships – Long Course 1986 Madrid 200 m freestyle 1986 Madrid 400 m freestyle 1986 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle 1986 Madrid 4×200 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Representing  East Germany 1985 Sofia 100 m freestyle 1985 Sofia 200 m freestyle 1985 Sofia 4×100 m freestyle 1985 Sofia 4×200 m freestyle 1985 Sofia 4×100 m medley 1987 Strasbourg 200 m freestyle 1987 Strasbourg 400 m freestyle 1987 Strasbourg 4×100 m freestyle 1987 Strasbourg 4×200 m freestyle 1989 Bonn 4×100 m freestyle 1989 Bonn 4×200 m freestyle 1989 Bonn 400 m freestyle Representing  Germany 1991 Athens 4×200 m freestyle

Heike Friedrich (born 18 April 1970 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Saxony) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

At the age of 15, Friedrich won five gold medals in the 1985 European championships and won four more in the World Championship the next year. She had not lost in a single major international championship in any event until she was defeated by Janet Evans in the 400 m in the Seoul Olympics, taking the silver medal. Friedrich had already won the gold medal in the 200 m freestyle on the previous day.^[1]

In October 1986, she was awarded a Star of People's Friendship in gold (second class) for her sporting success.^[2]

• Heike Friedrich at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Heike Friedrich at Olympics.com
• Heike Friedrich at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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