Gabriele Wetzko

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Gabriele Wetzko

Gabriele Wetzko in 1970
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  East Germany
Summer Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City	4×100 m freestyle
	1972 Munich	4×100 m freestyle
	1972 Munich	4×100 m medley
European Championships
	1970 Barcelona	200 m freestyle
	1970 Barcelona	100 m freestyle
	1970 Barcelona	4×100 m medley
	1970 Barcelona	4×100 m freestyle

Gabriele Wetzko (later Hartung then Frischke then Kühne , born 24 August 1954 in Leipzig) is a former German swimmer. Born in Leipzig, East Germany, she competed for East Germany in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.^[1]

At the 1968 Olympics she competed in the 200 m, 400 m and 4 × 100 m freestyle events. The 4 × 100 m freestyle East German team of Gabriele Wetzko, Uta Schmuck, Gabriele Perthes and Roswitha Krause won a silver medal.^[1]

At the 1970 European Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, she won four gold medals: in the 100 m^[2] and 200 m freestyle,^[3] as well as in the 4×100 medley^[4] and 4×100 m freestyle relays.^[4]

At the 1972 Olympics she competed in the 100 m freestyle, 4×100 m medley relay and 4×100 m freestyle relay, where her team, once again, won the silver medal.^[1]

In 1973, she completed her swimming career and began studying for a medical degree, later receiving a degree in economics as well. She married the swimmer Wilfried Hartung on 15 September 1973 but they divorced soon after.^[5]