Angelika Kraus

Angelika Kraus ( born May 9, 1950 in Celle) is a former German swimmer who won an Olympic bronze medal in 1968 with the medley relay.

Career

Angelika Kraus swam for the first Celler SC, but then switched to the water friends Wuppertal. 1968 and 1969 and 1970 she was German champion in the 100 meters and 200 meters backstroke in 1971 came another title over 200 meters backstroke.

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, the German 4 x 100 -meter medley relay in the cast Angelika Kraus, Uta From Mater, Heike Hustede and Heidemarie Reineck won bronze in 4:36,4 minutes behind the seasons from the United States and Australia. Angelika Kraus launched over both back extension, but could not each qualify for the finals. In 1970, she set a new European record in the 200- meter backstroke distance with 2:27,1 minutes. But at the European Championships 1970 in Barcelona, she won again with the medley relay medals, the team was in the same cast as in 1968 third behind the squadrons from the GDR and the Soviet Union. 1972 Angelika Kraus could not even qualify for the Olympics, but she was disqualified in Munich on both routes back in the flow of.

For her contribution to the sport in Lower Saxony, she was accepted into the gallery of honor of Lower Saxony Sports of the Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History.