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Jun 19, 1960 Düsseldorf, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany 64 years old
pilot, former spaceflight candidate, former swimmer
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About Heike John
- Heike John (now Heike Walpot; born 19 June 1960) is a retired German swimmer and former astronaut candidate. She won a bronze medal at the 1977 European Aquatics Championships.
- She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke events but did not reach the finals.
- During her career she won five national titles in the 100 m (1977) and 200 m (1977, 1978) backstroke and 200 m medley (1977, 1978).
- She missed the 1980 Summer Olympics because of their boycott by West Germany. After her swimming career, she studied medicine at RWTH Aachen and earned a doctorate in 1987.
- In the same year she was selected as one of five West German astronaut candidates for the Spacelab D-2 mission, along with Hans Schlegel, Ulrich Walter, Gerhard Thiele and Renate Brümmer.
- She served as Cap com during the D-2 mission in 1993, but was never assigned to a spaceflight herself.
- After retiring as an astronaut, she became a professional pilot for Lufthansa.
- She is married to astronaut Hans Schlegel.
