Petra Thümer
| File:Petra Thümer 1976.jpg Petra Thümer in 1976 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | East German |
| Born | 29 January 1961 |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
Medal record | |
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Petra Thümer (later Deckert then Katzur, born 29 January 1961) is a former swimmer from East Germany. She won gold medals in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle at the 1976 Summer Olympics[1] and the 1977 European Aquatics Championships. During her career she set five world records in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle. In 1987 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[2]
Later she admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs as part of the East German training system.[3][4] For this reason she missed the 1978 World Championships – coaches feared she would not pass the doping test and excluded her from the East German team, officially explaining her absence by injuries.[5]
In 1979 she retired from swimming and worked as a photographer.[3]
She was married to the German Olympic athletes Klaus Katzur (swimmer) and Alf-Gerd Deckert (cross-country skier).[1]
See also
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- ^ Von Männern geschlagen. Der Spiegel (14 September 1998)
- ^ Matthias Krause (21 April 1998). Die Spritzen waren immer fertig aufgezogen. berliner-zeitung.de
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- 1961 births
- Swimmers from Chemnitz
- Doping cases in swimming
- German sportspeople in doping cases
- German female freestyle swimmers
- East German female freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- World record setters in swimming
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Swimmers from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
- SC Karl-Marx-Stadt sportspeople
- German swimming Olympic medalist stubs