Caren Metschuck

Caren Metschuck in 1978.

Personal information

Nationality

East Germany

Born

27 September 1963
Greifswald, East Germany

Height

1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

76 kg (168 lb)

Sport

Swimming

Strokes

Butterfly, freestyle

Club

SC Empor Rostock

Medal record

Olympic Games
Representing East Germany
	1980 Moscow	100 m butterfly
	1980 Moscow	4×100 m freestyle
	1980 Moscow	4×100 m medley
	1980 Moscow	100 m freestyle
World Championships
	1982 Guayaquil	4×100 m freestyle
	1978 Berlin	4×100 m freestyle
European Championship
	Split 1981	100 m freestyle
	Split 1981	4×100 m freestyle
	Split 1981	4×100 m medley

Caren Metschuck (later Caren Mahn, born 27 September 1963) is a German former swimmer and a multiple Olympic gold medalist. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, she won gold medals in the 100 m butterfly, 4×100 m freestyle relay team and 4×100 m backstroke relay, becoming the most successful female competitor of the Summer Olympic Games that year.^[1]

One year later, she won the European Championships in Split in the 100 m freestyle and triumphed again with the 4×100 m freestyle relay and the 4×100 m medley relay team. After winning a world title in the 4×100 m freestyle relay in 1982, she terminated her short career and became a school teacher. During her career she set three world records in relay events. In 1990 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.^[2] After German unification she worked as a swimming coach at her home club SC Empor Rostock.^[1]

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Olympic champions in women's 100 m butterfly

Olympic champions in women's 4×100 m freestyle relay

1912: Moore, Fletcher, Speirs, Steer (GBR)
1920: Woodridge, Schroth, Guest, Bleibtrey (USA)
1924: Donnelly, Ederle, Lackie, Wehselau (USA)
1928: Lambert, Osipowich, Saville, Norelius (USA)
1932: Johns, Saville, McKim, Madison (USA)
1936: Selbach, Wagner, Den Ouden, Mastenbroek (NED)
1948: Corridon, Kalama, Helser, Curtis (USA)
1952: I. Novák, Temes, E. Novák, Szőke (HUN)
1956: Fraser, Leech, Morgan, Crapp (AUS)
1960: Spillane, Stobs, Wood, von Saltza (USA)
1964: Stouder, de Varona, Watson, Ellis (USA)
1968: Barkman, Gustavson, Pedersen, Henne (USA)
1972: Babashoff, Barkman, Kemp, Neilson (USA)
1976: Peyton, Sterkel, Babashoff, Boglioli (USA)
1980: Krause, Metschuck, Diers, Hülsenbeck (GDR)
1984: Johnson, Steinseifer, Torres, Hogshead (USA)
1988: Otto, Meissner, Hunger, Stellmach (GDR)
1992: Haislett, Martino, Thompson, Torres (USA)
1996: Martino, Van Dyken, Fox, Thompson (USA)
2000: Van Dyken, Shealy, Thompson, Torres (USA)
2004: Mills, Lenton, Thomas, Henry (AUS)
2008: Dekker, Kromowidjojo, Heemskerk, Veldhuis (NED)
2012: Coutts, C. Campbell, Elmslie, Schlanger (AUS)
2016: McKeon, Elmslie, B. Campbell, C. Campbell (AUS)

Olympic champions in women's 4×100 m medley relay

1960: Burke, Kempner, Schuler, von Saltza (USA)
1964: Ferguson, Goyette, Stouder, Ellis (USA)
1968: Hall, Ball, Daniel, Pedersen (USA)
1972: Belote, Carr, Deardurff, Neilson (USA)
1976: Richter, Anke, Ender, Pollack (GDR)
1980: Reinisch, Geweniger, Pollack, Metschuck (GDR)
1984: Andrews, Caulkins, Meagher, Hogshead (USA)
1988: Otto, Hörner, Weigang, Meissner (GDR)
1992: Loveless, Nall, Ahmann-Leighton, Thompson (USA)
1996: Botsford, Beard, Martino, Van Dyken (USA)
2000: Bedford, Quann, Thompson, Torres (USA)
2004: Rooney, Jones, Thomas, Henry (AUS)
2008: Seebohm, Jones, Schipper, Trickett (AUS)
2012: Franklin, Soni, Vollmer, Schmitt (USA)
2016: Baker, King, Vollmer, Manuel (USA)

World long-course champions in women's 4×100 m freestyle relay

1973: East Germany (Ender, Eife, Hübner, Eichner)
1975: East Germany (Ender, Krause, Hempel, Brückner)
1978: USA (Caulkins, Elkins, Sterkel, Woodhead)
1982: East Germany (Meineke, Link, Otto, Metschuck)
1986: East Germany (Otto, Stellmach, Schulze, Friedrich)
1991: USA (Haislett, Cooper, Hedgepeth, Thompson)
1994: China (Le J., Shan, Le Y., Lü)
1998: USA (Farella, Van Dyken, Bedford, Thompson)
2001: Germany (Dallmann, Buschschulte, Meissner, Völker)
2003: USA (Coughlin, Benko, Jeffrey, Thompson)
2005: Australia (Henry, Mills, Reese, Lenton)
2007: Australia (Lenton, Schlanger, Reese, Henry)
2009: Netherlands (Dekker, Kromowidjojo, Heemskerk, Veldhuis)
2011: Netherlands (Dekker, Kromowidjojo, Veldhuis, Heemskerk)
2013: USA (Franklin, Coughlin, Vreeland, Romano)
2015: Australia (Seebohm, McKeon, B. Campbell, C. Campbell)

European champions in women's 100 m freestyle

1927: Maria Vierdag (NED)
1931: Yvonne Godard (FRA)
1934: Willy den Ouden (NED)
1938: Ragnhild Hveger (DEN)
1947: Fritze Nathansen (DEN)
1950: Irma Schumacher (NED)
1954: Katalin Szőke (HUN)
1958: Kate Jobson (SWE)
1962: Heidi Pechstein (GDR)
1966: Martina Grunert (GDR)
1970: Gabriele Wetzko (GDR)
1974: Kornelia Ender (GDR)
1977: Barbara Krause (GDR)
1981: Caren Metschuck (GDR)
1983: Birgit Meineke (GDR)
1985: Heike Friedrich (GDR)
1987: Kristin Otto (GDR)
1989: Katrin Meissner (GDR)
1991: Catherine Plewinski (FRA)
1993: Franziska van Almsick (GER)
1995: Franziska van Almsick (GER)
1997: Sandra Völker (GER)
1999: Sue Rolph (GBR)
2000: Therese Alshammar (SWE)
2002: Franziska van Almsick (GER)
2004: Malia Metella (FRA)
2006: Britta Steffen (GER)
2008: Marleen Veldhuis (NED)
2010: Francesca Halsall (GBR)
2012: Sarah Sjöström (SWE)
2014: Sarah Sjöström (SWE)
2016: Sarah Sjöström (SWE)

European champions in women's 4×100 m freestyle relay

1927: Great Britain (Laverty, Davies, King, Cooper)
1931: Netherlands (Baumeister, Vierdag, den Ouden, Braun)
1934: Netherlands (Selbach, Timmermans, Mastenbroek, den Ouden)
1938: Denmark (Riise, Kraft, Ove-Petersen, Hveger)
1947: Denmark (Svendsen, Harup, Andersen, Nathansen)
1950: Netherlands (Massaar, Termeulen, Linssen-Vaessen, Heijting-Schuhmacher)
1954: Hungary (Gyenge, Sebő, Temes, Szőke)
1958: Netherlands (Schimmel, Lagerberg, Kraan, Gastelaars)
1962: Netherlands (Gastelaars, Lasterie, Terpstra, Tigelaar)
1966: Soviet Union (Sipchenko, Rudenko, Ustinova, Sosnova)
1970: East Germany (Wetzko, Komar, Sehmisch, Schulze)
1974: East Germany (Ender, Franke, Eife, Hübner)
1977: East Germany (Treiber, Wächtler, Priemer, Krause)
1981: East Germany (Meineke, Metschuck, Diers, Link)
1983: East Germany (Otto, Link, Sirch, Meineke)
1985: East Germany (Strauss, König, Stellmach, Friedrich)
1987: East Germany (Stellmach, Friedrich, Otto, Meissner)
1989: East Germany (Meissner, Stellmach, Hunger, Friedrich)
1991: Netherlands (van der Plaats, de Bruijn, Mastenbroek, Brienesse)
1993: Germany (van Almsick, Kielgass, Stellmach, Hunger)
1995: Germany (van Almsick, Osygus, Kielgass, Hunger)
1997: Germany (Meissner, Osygus, Buschschulte, Völker)
1999: Germany (Meissner, Buschschulte, van Almsick, Völker)
2000: Sweden (Jöhncke, Sjöberg, Kammerling, Alshammar)
2002: Germany (Meissner, Dallmann, Völker, van Almsick)
2004: France (Figuès, Couderc, Mongel, Metella)
2006: Germany (Dallmann, Götz, Steffen, Liebs)
2008: Netherlands (Dekker, Kromowidjojo, Heemskerk, Veldhuis)
2010: Germany (Samulski, Lippok, Vitting, Schreiber)
2012: Germany (Steffen, Lippok, Vitting, Schreiber)
2014: Sweden (Coleman, Kuras, Hansson, Sjöström)
2016: Netherlands (van der Meer, Heemskerk, Steenbergen, Kromowidjojo)

European champions in women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

1958: Netherlands (de Nijs, den Haan, Voorbij, Gastelaars)
1962: East Germany (Schmidt, Göbel, Noack, Pechstein)
1966: Netherlands (Sikkens, G. Kok, A. Kok, Beumer)
1970: East Germany (Hofmeister, Schuchardt, Lindner, Wetzko)
1974: East Germany (Richter, Vogel, Kother, Ender)
1977: East Germany (Richter, Nitschke, Pollack, Krause)
1981: East Germany (Kleber, Geweniger, Geissler, Metschuck)
1983: East Germany (Kleber, Geweniger, Geissler, Meineke)
1985: East Germany (Weigang, Gerasch, Gressler, Friedrich)
1987: East Germany (Otto, Hörner, Weigang, Stellmach)
1989: East Germany (Otto, Börnike, Jacob, Meissner)
1991: Soviet Union (Krupskaya, Roudkovskaya, Kononenko, Yermakova)
1993: Germany (Völker, Gerasch, Ustrowski, van Almsick)
1995: Germany (Rund, Dörries, Voitowitch, van Almsick)
1997: Germany (Buschschulte, Gerasch, Meissner, Völker)
1999: Sweden (Alshammar, Östling, Sjöberg, Svahnström)
2000: Sweden (Alshammar, Igelström, Sjöberg, Jöhncke)
2002: Germany (Buschschulte, Weiler, van Almsick, Völker)
2004: France (Manaudou, Thomassin, Mongel, Metella)
2006: Great Britain (Marshall, Balfour, Dunning, Halsall)
2008: Great Britain (Simmonds, Haywood, Lowe, Halsall)
2010: Great Britain (Spofforth, Haywood, Halsall, Smith)
2012: Germany (Mensing, Poewe, Wenk, Steffen)
2014: Denmark (Nielsen, Pedersen, Ottesen, Blume)
2016: Great Britain (Dawson, Tutton, O'Connor, Halsall)

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Caren Metschuck

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