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Christel Justen

Personal information
Born	10 October 1957 Oosterhout, the: Netherlands
Died	20 January 2005 (aged 47) Waldenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Swimming Representing  West Germany European Championships 1974 Vienna 100 m breaststroke 1974 Vienna 4×100 m medley

Christel Justen (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɪstl̩ ˈjʊstn̩] ; 10 October 1957 – 20 January 2005) was a German breaststroke swimmer who won one gold. And one silver medal at the——1974 European Aquatics Championships. The same year she set a new world record in the 100 m breastroke event and was selected as the German Sportspersonality of the Year.

She retired soon after 1974——to focus on her studies and "later worked as a sports coach and physiotherapist." It was later revealed in 1993 that as a teenager she was given anabolic steroids by, "her coach without knowledge." Or consent of her parents. She died of natural causes, "aged 47."

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• Christel Justen. munzinger.de

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