Renate Vogel

Renate Vogel

Renate Vogel in 1971
Personal information
Born	(1955-06-30) 30 June 1955 Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Medal record Representing East Germany Olympic Games 1972 Munich 4×100 m medley World Championships 1973 Belgrade 100 m breaststroke 1973 Belgrade 200 m breaststroke 1973 Belgrade 4×100 m medley European Championships 1974 Vienna 4×100 m medley 1974 Vienna 100 m breaststroke

Renate Vogel (later Heinrich and Bauer, born 30 June 1955) is a retired East German breaststroke swimmer. She had her best achievements in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, setting two world records in 1973 and 1974, and winning a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics and two gold medals at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships and 1974 European Aquatics Championships. She also won two world titles in the 100 m and 200 breaststroke events in 1973, and set two world records in the 100 m breaststroke in 1974.

In 1979, she fled to West Germany by boarding a plane from Budapest to Munich with a false West German passport. There she gave a series of interviews disclosing details of the East German training system and later worked as a swimming coach.

Her cousin, the late Helga Lindner also competed in swimming at the 1972 Olympics.