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Caren Metschuck

1963 - Today

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Caren Metschuck (later Caren Mahn, born 27 September 1963) is a German former swimmer and a multiple Olympic gold medalist. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, she won gold medals in the 100 m butterfly, 4×100 m freestyle relay team and 4×100 m medley relay, becoming the most successful female competitor of the Summer Olympic Games that year. One year later, she won the European Championships in Split in the 100 m freestyle and triumphed again with the 4×100 m freestyle relay and the 4×100 m medley relay team. After winning a world title in the 4×100 m freestyle relay in 1982, she terminated her short career and became a school teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Caren Metschuck is the 222nd most popular swimmer (down from 168th in 2024), the 5,807th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,646th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Caren Metschuck ranks 222 out of 709. Before her are Wilhelm Lützow, Petra Thümer, Hilda James, Katinka Hosszú, Ute Geweniger, and Tamás Darnyi. After her are Judy Grinham, Stephen Rerych, Ines Geissler, László Cseh, Audrey Mestre, and Andrea Gyarmati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Caren Metschuck ranks 640. Before her are Torgny Mogren, Lydia Cacho, Uwe-Jens Mey, Steven Michael Quezada, Nina Stemme, and Vincent Collet. After her are Andrei Sokolov, Giuseppe Galderisi, Éric Poulat, Mahiro Maeda, Merethe Lindstrøm, and Faran Tahir.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Caren Metschuck ranks 5,810 out of 7,253. Before her are Jürgen Straub (1953), Kirsten Emmelmann (1961), Helmut Roleder (1953), Tia Mowry (1978), Ute Geweniger (1964), and Martin Schmitt (1978). After her are Peter Angerer (1959), Jessica Schwarz (1977), Erwin Sellering (1949), Carina Wiese (1968), Sabine Bischoff (1958), and Curro Torres (1976).

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Among SWIMMERS In Germany

Among swimmers born in Germany, Caren Metschuck ranks 23. Before her are Rica Reinisch (1965), Ulrike Tauber (1958), Jörg Woithe (1963), Wilhelm Lützow (1892), Petra Thümer (1961), and Ute Geweniger (1964). After her are Ines Geissler (1963), Heike Friedrich (1970), Paul Biedermann (1986), Petra Schneider (1963), Silke Hörner (1965), and Franziska van Almsick (1978).

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