Rica Reinisch

Rica Reinisch, later Assmann and then Neumann, is a retired swimmer from East Germany, born on 6 April 1965 in Seifhennersdorf, Saxony. She was a backstroke specialist who set four world records at the Moscow Games at the age of fifteen, three in the 100 m backstroke and one in the 200 m backstroke. She won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke and as a member of the 4 by 100 m medley relay team. She first competed at the age of eight and earned a place at the Dresden Sports School, and at 12 she had already swum the 100 m backstroke in 1:14.3.