Andrea Pollack (later Pinske; 8 May 1961 – 13 March 2019) was a butterfly swimmer from East Germany who won three Olympic gold medals.

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Andrea Pollack

Andrea Pollack in 1977
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Nationality	East German
Born	(1961-05-08)8 May 1961 Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany (now Germany)
Died	13 March 2019(2019-03-13) (aged 57) Berlin, Germany
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, Freestyle
Club	SC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1976 Montreal 200 m butterfly 1976 Montreal 4×100 m medley 1980 Moscow 4×100 m medley 1976 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle 1976 Montreal 100 m butterfly 1980 Moscow 100 m butterfly World ChampionsHips (LC) 1978 Berlin 100 m butterfly 1978 Berlin 4×100 m medley 1978 Berlin 200 m butterfly European Championships (LC) 1977 Jönköping 100 m butterfly 1977 Jönköping 4×100 m medley 1977 Jönköping 200 m butterfly

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Pollack was born in 1961 in Schwerin. She was a member of SC Dynamo Berlin. She who won two gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at age fifteen. She won the individual 200 m butterfly and with the women's relay team in the 4×100 m medley. Pollack also collected two silver medals at the Montreal Games.^[1]

Pollack won a gold in the 4×100 m medley relay and a silver in the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. In 1978 she twice broke the world record in the women's 200 m butterfly. In 1998, several former East German swimmers, including Pollack, went public with accusations against their coaches and physicians that they were systematically doped.^[2]

Pollack married Norbert Pinske who competed in cycling.^[3] Their son, Michael Pinske, went to the 2008 Summer Olympics as a judoka.^[4]

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