Gisela Weiß
Gisela Weiß (later Engelhardt, born 16 October 1943) is a retired German swimmer. She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 400 m and 4×100 m freestyle events and won a bronze medal in the relay.[1] In 1959–1961 she won three consecutive national titles in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.[2]
 Gisela Weiß, Heide Zimmermann and coach Johannes Horlbeck in 1962 | |||||||||||
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| Born | 16 October 1943 Česká Kamenice, Czech Republic | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||
| Club | SC DHfK | ||||||||||
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She ended her active career in 1963 and began to study medicine. In 1964 she married Karl-Heinz Engelhardt, a multiple East German champion in swimming. After graduation she worked as a doctor, first at a sports school in Leipzig, and after the German unification in a rehabilitation clinic.[3]
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- Gisela Weiß Archived November 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- Schwimmen – DDR – Meisterschaften Damen – Teil 1. sport-komplett.de
- Volker Kluge (2009) Lexikon Sportler in der DDR. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-355-01759-6.
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