Barbara Krause Explained

Barbara Krause
Nationality:East German
Birth Date:7 July 1959
Birth Place:East Berlin, East Germany
Spouse:Lutz Wanja
Height:1.80 m
Weight:68 kg
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:SC Dynamo Berlin
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Barbara Krause (later Wanja, born 7 July 1959 in East Berlin) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany. She was a three-time Olympic gold medalist and eight-time world record holder. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Krause won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle and in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.

Her husband, Lutz Wanja, is also a retired German Olympic swimmer.[1]

East German doping

Krause, like many of the East German athletes of the time, was doped by her coaches[2] [3] under instruction from the Stasi.[4] [5] At the time of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Krause was forced off the East German swimming team because "team doctors had miscalculated her dose of drugs and worried she might test positive at the Games".[6]

Both of her children were born with deformed feet, which was later attributed to her use of steroids.

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  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090458/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/barbara-krause-1.html . Barbara Krause . 2020-04-17 . dead.
  2. Web site: Barbara Krause . ISHOF.org . . https://web.archive.org/web/20081204124640/http://www.ishof.org/honorees/88/88bkrause.html . 4 December 2008 . 2 September 2012.
  3. Web site: The East German Doping Machine . ISHOF.org . International Swimming Hall of Fame . https://web.archive.org/web/20090814124528/http://www.ishof.org/honorees/german_doping.htm . 14 August 2009 . 2 September 2012.
  4. Andrew Curry (18 January 2008). Piecing Together the Dark Legacy of East Germany's Secret Police
  5. News: Michael . Janofsky . Olympics; coaches concede that steroids fueled East Germany's success in swimming . . 3 December 1991 . 2 September 2012.
  6. News: Top 10: Notable drug scandals . . 27 July 2006 . 2 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103091941/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/photoessay/top10-doping/index2.html . 3 November 2012.