Rita Kühne
{{short description|East German sprinter}}
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| image = Rita Kuhn real.jpg
| caption = Kühne in 1972
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|5 January 1947}}
| birth_place = Dresden, Soviet occupation zone in Germany
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{{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1972 Munich | 4 × 400 metres}}
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Rita Kühne (later Andrich then Schiemann; born 5 January 1947, in Dresden) is a former East German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
She competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 × 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her teammates Dagmar Käsling, Helga Seidler and 400m gold medalist Monika Zehrt.
External links
- {{SR/Olympics profile|ku/rita-kuhne-1}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|rita-kuhne}}
{{Olympic champions 4 × 400 metres women}}
{{European champions 4 × 400 metres women}}
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Category:Athletes from Dresden
Category:East German female sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for East Germany
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
Category:Olympic female sprinters
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