club weight birth_place height medaltemplates sport birth_date article_title
sc einheit dresden 74 kg lb on dresden , germany 1.80 m ftin on women 's swimming swimming 29 june 1960 karla linke

karla linke

karla linke -lrb- also carla ; born 29 june 1960 -rrb- is a retired german swimmer who won the 200 m breastroke event at the 1974 european aquatics championships , breaking the world record twice in the process .
the following year , she collected two medals at the 1975 world aquatics championships : a silver in the 400 m medley and a bronze in the 200 m breaststroke .
she also competed at the 1976 summer olympics in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events and finished eighth and fifth , respectively .
after retiring from competitive swimming in 1977 , linke moved to sweden and worked for the german-swedish chamber of commerce in dresden .
as of may 2012 she was employed by the swedish embassy in berlin .
