Christiane Knacke
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 Christiane Knacke |
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| Women's Swimming | |||
Competitor for  East Germany |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Bronze | 1980 Moscow | 100 m Butterfly | |
Christiane Knacke (born April 17, 1962) is a former butterfly swimmer from East Germany. At age eighteen she won the bronze medal in the women's 100 m butterfly at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.
Knacke was the first woman in history to break the one-minute barrier in the event, when she clocked 59.78 on August 28, 1977.
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| Preceded by Kornelia Ender |
Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) August 28, 1977 – July 3, 1978 |
Succeeded by Andrea Pollack |
