Claudia Poll

Claudia Poll
Personal information
Surname:	Claudia María Poll Ahrens
Nation:	Costa Rica
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle
Birthday:	December 21, 1972
Place of birth:	Managua
Size:	1.91 m
Weight:	76 kg
Medal table

Claudia María Poll Ahrens (born December 21, 1972 in Managua ) is a former swimmer from Costa Rica .

Career

She grew up with her older sister Silvia with their German parents in Costa Rica . At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , she became the first female athlete from Costa Rica to become an Olympic champion. She won the gold medal in the 200 m freestyle ahead of Franziska van Almsick and Dagmar Hase . Four years later in Sydney she succeeded in winning the bronze medal in the 200 m and 400 m freestyle. With the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens she could reach no more finals.

In 1997 she was voted swimmer of the year . At the 1998 World Championships she was also world champion in the 200 m freestyle.

Her sister Silvia won at the Olympic Games in 1988 in Seoul the silver medal in the 200m freestyle.

In 2002 Claudia Poll was accused of doping with nandrolone and banned for four years. This ban was later reduced to two years. She has always protested her innocence.

Web links

• Claudia Poll in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1996 Olympic champion Claudia Poll still looking strong fina.org August 5, 2014 ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.