Birte Weigang, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Birte Weigang

East German swimmer

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1968

Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Birte Weigang (born 31 January 1968 in Leipzig) is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
The twenty-year-old triumphed with the DDR women's relay team in the 4×100 m medley together with her teammates Kristin Otto, Silke Hörner and Katrin Meissner, and finished second in both the 100 m and the 200 m butterfly.
She won a gold medal in 1987 at the European Championships, in the women's 4×100 m medley. She is a daughter of the legendary Horst Weigang, once a footballer of the year for East Germany.
She started her career in SC Turbine Erfurt.
Weigang celebrated her biggest success in 1985, when at the age of 17 she became a European backstroke champion.
Later she concentrated on butterfly style and won a silver medal at the World Championships in 1986, which were held in Madrid. After Weigang gave up her swimming career, she became a coach.