Ulrike Richter (later Schmidt, born 17 June 1959) is a German former swimmer who competed for East Germany in the 1970s.

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal she won three gold medals.

She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1983.

[2][3] Officials from the East German team have confessed that they administered performance-enhancing drugs to Richter during her career.

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