Angela Franke

Angela Franke
	Franke in 1974
Personal information
Born	18 November 1957 (age 67); Magdeburg, East Germany
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	SC Magdeburg
Medal record
Representing East Germany
World Championships
European Championships

Angela Franke (born 18 November 1957) is a retired East German swimmer. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 400 m individual medley, but failed to reach the final.^[1]

Between 1973 and 1975 she won two gold, two silver and one bronze medals in various freestyle and medley events at the world and European championships. On 18 August 1973 she set a world record in the 400 m individual medley at 5:01.10, and two weeks later, at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, improved it to 5:00.37; yet she lost to her teammate Gudrun Wegner who swam 4:57.51.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Angela Franke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
^ Angela FRANKE. les-sports.info
^ Jean-Louis Meuret (2007), HistoFINA Volume IV – Tome IV^{[permanent dead link‍]}. MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS. Special FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (50 m.) Before Rome 2009.

External links

Angela Franke at World Aquatics
Angela Franke at Olympedia

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[r1-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Angela Franke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

[r2-2] Angela FRANKE. les-sports.info

[r3-3] Jean-Louis Meuret (2007), HistoFINA Volume IV – Tome IV^{[permanent dead link‍]}. MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS. Special FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (50 m.) Before Rome 2009.

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