Silke Hörner

Silke Hörner is a German former breaststroke swimmer who was a leading member of the East German team in the 1980s. She came to prominence in 1985, when she broke the world record in the 200 metre breaststroke at Leipzig while qualifying for that year's European Championships, and she went on to win the event at the 1986 World Championships in Madrid and again at the 1987 European Championships in Strasbourg. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul she won two gold medals, in the 200 metre breaststroke, where she set another world record, and as part of the 4x100 metre medley relay, and she took bronze in the 100 metre breaststroke. In all she set four individual world records, and Swimming World Magazine named her European Swimmer of the Year in 1985 and 1987. Her results are viewed with suspicion because of the state-run doping program in East Germany, and a former coach later said he had been told to give anabolic steroids to team swimmers including her. She is married to the canoe sprinter Alexander Schuck.