Heidi Pechstein

Heidi Pechstein

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-A0715-0001-005, Petra Noack, Heidi Pechstein.jpg Petra Noack (left) and Heidi Pechstein in 1962
Personal information
Born	(1944-07-04) 4 July 1944 Leipzig, Germany
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	SC DHfK, Leipzig
Medal record Women's swimming Representing East Germany Swimming Summer Olympics Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome 4 × 100 m freestyle relay European Championships Gold medal – first place 1962 Leipzig 4 × 100 m medley Gold medal – first place 1962 Leipzig 100 m freestyle Silver medal – second place 1966 Utrecht 400 m medley

Heidi Pechstein (later Kunze, born 4 July 1944 in Leipzig) is a German former swimmer. She competed in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in 1960. In 1964 she finished sixth with the German team in the same event.

At the 1962 European Aquatics Championships, she won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, setting the new world record. For this achievement, the relay team members were named German Sportspersonalities of the Year in the team category in 1962. Individually, Pechstein won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle at the same championships and a silver medal in the 400 m medley four years later.