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Gisela Weiß
Gisela Weiß in 1962
Personal information
Born (1943-10-16) 16 October 1943 (age 80)
Böhmisch Kamnitz, Germany (present-day Česká Kamenice, Czech Republic)
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubSC DHfK
Medal record
Representing   Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome 4×100 m freestyle relay

Gisela Weiß (later Engelhardt, born 16 October 1943) is a retired German swimmer. She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 400 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle events and won a bronze medal in the relay. [1] Between 1959 and 1961, she won three consecutive national titles in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. [2] [3]

Weiß ended her competitive swimming career in 1963 and began studying medicine. In 1964, she married Karl-Heinz Engelhardt, a multiple East German champion in swimming.

After graduating, Weiß worked as a doctor, first at a sports school in Leipzig, and after the German unification in a rehabilitation clinic.

References

  1. ^ Gisela Weiß Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Schwimmen – DDR – Meisterschaften Damen – Teil 1. sport-komplett.de
  3. ^ Volker Kluge (2009) Lexikon Sportler in der DDR. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin, ISBN  978-3-355-01759-6.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Gisela Weiss)
Gisela Weiß
Gisela Weiß in 1962
Personal information
Born (1943-10-16) 16 October 1943 (age 80)
Böhmisch Kamnitz, Germany (present-day Česká Kamenice, Czech Republic)
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubSC DHfK
Medal record
Representing   Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome 4×100 m freestyle relay

Gisela Weiß (later Engelhardt, born 16 October 1943) is a retired German swimmer. She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 400 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle events and won a bronze medal in the relay. [1] Between 1959 and 1961, she won three consecutive national titles in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. [2] [3]

Weiß ended her competitive swimming career in 1963 and began studying medicine. In 1964, she married Karl-Heinz Engelhardt, a multiple East German champion in swimming.

After graduating, Weiß worked as a doctor, first at a sports school in Leipzig, and after the German unification in a rehabilitation clinic.

References

  1. ^ Gisela Weiß Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Schwimmen – DDR – Meisterschaften Damen – Teil 1. sport-komplett.de
  3. ^ Volker Kluge (2009) Lexikon Sportler in der DDR. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin, ISBN  978-3-355-01759-6.



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