Ulrike Tauber (born 16 June 1958 in Karl-Marx-Stadt

Chemnitz

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) is a retired medley

Medley swimming

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 and butterfly

Butterfly stroke

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 swimmer

Swimming (sport)

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 from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

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 in Montreal

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, Canada

Canada

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. There she also captured the silver medal in the women's 200 m butterfly. In the 1970s Tauber set numerous world records in the 200 m and 200  m individual medley.