Rosemarie Gabriel
Gabriel in 1976
Personal information
Born (1956-02-27) 27 February 1956
Schwerin, East Germany[1]
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubSC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1976 Montreal 4×100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place1976 Montreal 200 m butterfly
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1973 Belgrade200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place1973 Belgrade4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place1975 Cali200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place1975 Cali4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place1973 Belgrade100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place1975 Cali100 m butterfly
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1974 Viena100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place1974 Viena200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place1974 Viena4×100 m medley

Rosemarie Gabriel (née Kother, born 27 February 1956) is a retired German swimmer. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in five events in total and won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay in 1976, swimming for the East German team in a preliminary round. Individually, she won a bronze medal in the 200 m butterfly in 1976.[2]

Between 1973 and 1975 she won seven gold and two silver medals in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly and 4 × 100 m medley relay at the world and European championships.[3] She also set eleven world records:

In 1986, she was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[4]

After being inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, team officials confessed to administering performance enhancing drugs to this swimmer, who therefore obtained an illegal and unfair advantage over other athletes.[5]

She retired from competitions in 1976 and studied physiotherapy. In 1990 she founded her own company Praxis Gabriel in Berlin, which in 2000 was joined by her daughter Linda (born ca. 1981).[1]

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References

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  1. 1 2 Die Entstehung der Praxis Gabriel Archived 9 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. praxisgabriel.de
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Rosemarie KOTHER. les-sports.info
  4. ↑ "ROSEMARIE KOTHER (GDR)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame.
  5. ↑ "International Swimming Hall of Fame".


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