Carola Nitschke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Carola Nitschke

East German swimmer

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1962

Place of Birth: Berlin

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Carola Nitschke (later Beraktschjan, born 1 March 1962) is a retired East German swimmer.
She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke and finished in fourth and sixth place, respectively.
She also won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, though she swam only in a preliminary round.
Shortly before the Olympics she set world records in the 4 × 100 m medley relay and 100 m breaststroke.
She was only fourteen at the time.
Next year she won a gold and a silver medal in these events at the 1977 European Aquatics Championships.Later she admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs as part of the East German doping program; she gave up her medals and asked to remove her name from the competition records.