Barbara Krause

Swimmer

Birthday July 7, 1959

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Germany

Age 65 years old

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About

German freestyle swimmer and three-time Olympic gold medalist at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where she won the 100 and 200 meters freestyle races, and the 4x100 meters relay.

Before Fame

She won her first gold medal at the 1975 World Championships in Cali, Colombia.

Trivia

She broke 8 world records in her swimming career.

Family Life

Her children were both born with deformed feet, which she attributed to her use of steroids.

Associated With

She competed in the 1976 Olympics, the same year Sugar Ray Leonard took home a gold in boxing.