Hannelore Anke

Hannelore Anke (later Hofmann; born 8 December 1957) is a retired German swimmer who competed for East Germany in the 1970s.

Hannelore Anke

Hannelore Anke in 1975
Personal information
Nationality	East German
Born	(1957-12-08) 8 December 1957 (age 67) Schlema, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Medal record Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1976 Montreal 100 m breaststroke 1976 Montreal 4×100 m medley World Championships 1975 Cali 100 m breaststroke 1975 Cali 200 m breaststroke 1975 Cali 4×100 medley 1973 Belgrade 200 m breaststroke

Personal life

Anke was born in 1957 in Bad Schlema. Her mother had a senior position in a textile manufacturing plant and her father was a decorative painter. The sixth of ultimately seven children, she was the first god-child of Wilhelm Pieck, who at the time of her birth was president of East Germany.^[1]

Sports career

Anke became junior-champion at the 1971 Junior European Swimming Championships.^[2] She had her best achievements in the 100 m breaststroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay. In these two events she won gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics^[3] and 1975 World Aquatics Championships, and set two world records. In 1975, she also won a world title in the 100 m breaststroke. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1990.^[4][5]

Doping

Officials from the East German team have later admitted that they administered performance-enhancing drugs to Anke during her career.^[3][5][6][7]

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

Notes

1. Kluge 2004, pp. 13, 99.
2. Kluge 2004, p. 13.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hannelore Anke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
4. "ISHOF 1990 Honorees". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
5. "Hannelore Anke (GDR) – 1990 Honor Swimmer". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
6. "The East German Doping Machine". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 24 April 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
7. "OLYMPICS; U.S. May Seek to Change Medals Won by East Germans". The New York Times. 20 October 1998. Retrieved 3 May 2008.

References

• Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.

External links

• Hannelore Anke at World Aquatics
• Hannelore Anke at SwimRankings.net
• Hannelore Anke at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Hannelore Anke at Olympics.com
• Hannelore Anke at Olympedia