Christiane Knacke
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Christiane Knacke is a former butterfly swimmer from East Germany. At age eighteen she won the bronze medal in the women's 100 m butterfly at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics
in Moscow
, USSR.
Knacke was the first woman in history to break the one-minute barrier in the event, when she clocked 59.78 on August 28, 1977.
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, USSR.
Knacke was the first woman in history to break the one-minute barrier in the event, when she clocked 59.78 on August 28, 1977.