Caren Metschuck

{{Short description|East German swimmer (born 1963)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Caren Metschuck

| image = Caren Metschuck 1978.jpg

| image_size = 190px

| caption = Caren Metschuck in 1978.

| nationality = East German

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|09|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Greifswald, Bezirk Rostock, East Germany

| height = 1.84 m

| weight = 76 kg

| club = SC Empor Rostock

| strokes = Butterfly, freestyle

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's swimming }}

{{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1980 Moscow | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalGold| 1980 Moscow | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold| 1980 Moscow | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver| 1980 Moscow | 100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 1982 Guayaquil | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 1978 Berlin | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalGold| Split 1981 | 100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold| Split 1981 | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold| Split 1981 | 4×100 m medley}}

}}

Caren Metschuck (later Caren Mahn, born 27 September 1963) is a German former swimmer and a multiple Olympic gold medalist. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, she won gold medals in the 100 m butterfly, 4×100 m freestyle relay team and 4×100 m medley relay, becoming the most successful female competitor of the Summer Olympic Games that year.

One year later, she won the European Championships in Split in the 100 m freestyle and triumphed again with the 4×100 m freestyle relay and the 4×100 m medley relay team. After winning a world title in the 4×100 m freestyle relay in 1982, she terminated her short career and became a school teacher. During her career she set three world records in relay events. In 1990 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. After German unification she worked as a swimming coach at her home club SC Empor Rostock.