Read as 5 gold medals, and one bronze robbed from her and numerous other swimmers by East German Republic (DDR) admitted doping. Other countries robbed include Holland, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and Russia (USSR).
This quote by Shirley Babashoff is awesome: "...ONE hundred and sixty-seven former East German (DDR) athletes will be financially compensated through Germany's Olympic Committee for the systematic doping of DDR athletes from 1973 through 1989. When told of this fact, Shirley Babashoff's first comment was, "Only 167 Athletes!" ..."
It speaks volumes because the intelligence arm of the DDR known as Stasi labeled as many as 10,000 knowing and unknowingly doped athletes.
The article can be read here: [link]
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