Andrea Eife (later Gemsleben, born 12 April 1956 in Leipzig) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and finished fifth and sixth in the individual 200 m and 100 m freestyle events, respectively. At the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, she won a bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, breaking the world record. The next year, she repeated these medal achievements at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships.

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1956 births

Living people

German female freestyle swimmers

Olympic swimmers for East Germany

Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Olympic silver medalists for East Germany

Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Swimmers from Leipzig

World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Olympic silver medalists in swimming

20th-century German women

21st-century German women

Andrea Eife