Heike Friedrich
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| Medal record | |||
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| Women's Swimming | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
Competitor for  East Germany |
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| Gold | 1988 Seoul | 200 m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1988 Seoul | 400 m Freestyle | |
| World Championships - Long Course | |||
| Gold | 1986 Madrid | 200 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1986 Madrid | 400 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1986 Madrid | 4x100 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1986 Madrid | 4x200 m Freestyle | |
| European Championships (LC) | |||
| Competitor for East Germany |
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| Gold | 1985 Sofia | 100 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1985 Sofia | 200 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1985 Sofia | 4x100 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1985 Sofia | 4x200 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1985 Sofia | 4x100 m Medley | |
| Gold | 1987 Strasbourg | 200 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1987 Strasbourg | 400 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1987 Strasbourg | 4x100 m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1987 Strasbourg | 4x200 m Freestyle | |
Competitor for  Germany |
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| Silver | 1991 Athens | 4x200 m Freestyle | |
Heike Friedrich (born April 18, 1970 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Saxony) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
At the age of 15, Friedrich won five gold medals in the 1985 European championships and won four more in the World Championship the next year. She had not lost in a single major international championship in any event when she was defeated by Janet Evans in the 400 m in the Seoul Olympics. Freidrich had already won the 200 m freestyle on the previous day.
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| Preceded by Kristin Otto |
Women's 200 metre Freestyle World Record Holder (Long Course) June 18, 1986 – September 6, 1994 |
Succeeded by Franziska van Almsick |
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