Barbara Göbel

East German swimmer

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Barbara Göbel

Barbara Göbel in 1960

Personal information

Born

(1943-04-08) 8 April 1943 (age 81)
Jena, Germany

Height

1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

Weight

66 kg (146 lb)

Sport

Swimming

Club

Tus Jena

Medal record

Women's swimming

Representing East Germany
Women's Swimming
	1960 Rome	200 m breaststroke
European Championships
	1962 Leipzig	4×100 m medley

Barbara Göbel (born 8 April 1943) is a German former swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 200 m breaststroke event.^[1]

At the 1962 European Aquatics Championships, she won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, setting the new world record. For this achievement, the relay team members were named German Sportspersonalities of the Year in the team category in 1962.^[2]

References

^ "Barbara Göbel". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
^ Mannschaften des Jahres seit 1947 Archived 1 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sportler-des-jahres.de