Conny Schmalfuß

Conny Schmalfuß

Personal information

Nationality:

Germany

Discipline (s) :

Artistic / synchronized jumping

Society:

Berlin TSC

Birthday:

October 29, 1975

Place of birth:

Schwedt on the Oder

Medals

World championships
bronze	2001 Fukuoka	Synchronous 3 m
silver	2003 Barcelona	1 m
silver	2005 Montreal	Synchronous 3 m
European championships
bronze	1991 Athens	1 m
silver	1995 Vienna	10 m
gold	1997 Seville	Synchronous 3 m
silver	1999 Istanbul	Synchronous 3 m
silver	2000 Helsinki	Synchronous 3 m
bronze	2002 Berlin	3 m
gold	2002 Berlin	Synchronous 3 m
silver	2004 Madrid	Synchronous 3 m

Conny Schmalfuß (born October 29, 1975 in Schwedt ) is a former German diver . She started in artificial jumping from the 1 m and 3 m board and in 3 m synchronized jumping. At the beginning of her career, she also jumped from the 10 m tower, but later focused on the competitions off the board. She won several medals at world and European championships and took part in two Olympic Games.

Schmalfuß celebrated her first major success at the age of 15 at the 1991 European Championships in Athens , where she won bronze from the 1m board. In 1995 in Vienna a silver medal from the 10 m tower followed. It was the only medal she could win in a tower competition in her career. At the European Championships in Seville in 1997 , she won her first international title. Together with Claudia Bockner she won gold in the 3 m synchronized jumping . In 1999 in Istanbul she won silver in the same competition, this time alongside Simona Koch . With Dörte Lindner , she repeated the silver medal in the 3 m synchronized jumping in Helsinki in 2000 . At the home European championship in Berlin in 2002 she was able to win gold again with dubbing partner Ditte Kotzian . She also won bronze from the 3 m board. The duo Schmalfuß and Kotzian won silver in Madrid in 2004 . It was Schmalfuß 'fifth 3 m synchronized medal with four different partners at European Championships in a row. No other diver managed it.

In 2001 Schmalfuß also succeeded in winning the first medal at a world championship . In Fukuoka she won bronze with Kotzian in the 3 m synchronized jumping. The duo followed up with a silver medal in Montreal in 2005 . In 2003 in Barcelona Schmalfuß also achieved her only individual medal at world championships with silver from the 1 m board.

She took in 2000 in Sydney for the first time in the Olympic Games in part. She was eliminated from the 3 m board in the preliminary fight, in the 3 m synchronized jumping she was seventh with Lindner. In 2004 in Athens she jumped to sixth place with Kotzian in the dubbing competition.

Schmalfuß started for the Berlin TSC . She was German champion nine times. In 1990 she also became a European Junior Champion.

She ended her active career in 2006 and began studying law at Humboldt University .

Web links

Conny Schmalfuß in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Profile of Conny Schmalfuß at the Institute for Applied Training Science

Individual evidence

^ History of the German Diving Championships (women). In: Sport-Complete. Retrieved May 11, 2011 .
↑ Conny Schmalfuß ends her career. schwaebische.de, February 20, 2006, accessed April 14, 2014 .

personal data
SURNAME	Narrow feet, Conny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German diver
DATE OF BIRTH	October 29, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwedt

[1] History of the German Diving Championships (women). In: Sport-Complete. Retrieved May 11, 2011 .

[2] Conny Schmalfuß ends her career. schwaebische.de, February 20, 2006, accessed April 14, 2014 .