Heike Friedrich (born 1970 in Karl-Marx-Stadt) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. At fifteen she won five gold medals at the 1985 European championships and four more at the world championships the following year, and she had not lost a major international final in any event until Janet Evans beat her in the 400 metre freestyle at Seoul, where she took silver. The day before, she had already won the gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle. In October 1986 she received the Star of People's Friendship in gold, second class, for her sporting success.
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is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany
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won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
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