Heidi Pechstein

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Heidi Pechstein

Petra Noack (left) and Heidi Pechstein in 1962
Personal information
Born	(1944-07-04) 4 July 1944 (age 80) Leipzig, Germany
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	SC DHfK, Leipzig
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  East Germany Swimming Summer Olympics 1960 Rome 4 × 100 m freestyle relay European Championships 1962 Leipzig 4 × 100 m medley 1962 Leipzig 100 m freestyle 1966 Utrecht 400 m medley

Heidi Pechstein (later Kunze, born 4 July 1944 in Leipzig) is a German former swimmer. She competed in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in 1960. In 1964 she finished sixth with the German team in the same 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] Individually, Pechstein won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle at the same championships and a silver medal in the 400 m medley four years later.^[3]

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