Caroline Ruhnau

{{short description|German swimmer}}

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| image = Empfang Olympioniken Caroline Ruhnau 2.jpg

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| caption = Ruhnau in 2012

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1984|10|16}}

| birth_place = Münster, West Germany

| height = 1.75 m

| weight = 62 kg

| club = SG Essen

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{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (LC) }}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Budapest | 4×100 m medley }}

{{MedalBronze | 2012 Debrecen | 50 m breaststroke }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (SC) }}

{{MedalGold | 2009 Istanbul | 100 m breaststroke }}

{{MedalSilver | 2013 Herning | 4x50 m mixed medley }}

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Caroline Ruhnau (born 16 October 1984) is a German swimmer. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 100 m breaststroke, but failed to reach the final. She won this event at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2009. She also won two bronze medals at European long-course championships in 2010 and 2012.

Her younger sister Alice is also a breaststroke swimmer. She swam on the next lane to Caroline at the Olympic trials in 2012.

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{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/caroline-ruhnau-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221618/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/caroline-ruhnau-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ruhnau-caroline-1122323/ |title=Caroline Ruhnau |website=London2012.com |access-date=2012-07-29 |archive-date=2012-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729080751/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/ruhnau-caroline-1122323/ |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.les-sports.info/natation-ruhnau-caroline-resultats-identite-s10-c2-b4-o10-w111245.html |title=Caroline RUHNAU |website=les-sports.info}}

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