Karin Seick

Karin Seick
Personal information
Surname:	Karin Seick
Nation:	Federal Republic of Germany Germany (from 1990)
Swimming style (s) :	butterfly
Birthday:	November 11, 1961
Place of birth:	Winsen (Luhe)
Size:	1.82 m
Medal table

Karin Seick (born November 11, 1961 in Winsen (Luhe) ) is a former German swimmer .

Career

In 1978 Karin Seick won the first title in the 100 meter butterfly with a German record in Berlin . At the world championship in the same place, she swam in 4th place in her favorite discipline. In 1985 Karin Seick received the highest sporting award, the Silver Laurel Leaf, from the hands of the Federal President . Before that, she celebrated her greatest success and won the silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles over 4 × 100 meter medley as well as bronze over 4 × 100 meters freestyle and 100 meter butterfly.

Karin seick was at the height of her career member of the SG wiste, a startup community clubs in Winsen (Luhe) and location . In 1987 she moved to SG Hamburg . There she set the club record on the 25-meter track over 100 meters freestyle on February 10, 1990 with a time of 0: 55.61 minutes. In 1992 Karin Seick returned to the SG Wiste as a senior swimmer and won four titles at each of the regional senior championships with Claudia Lipski (formerly Döhrmann). Seick won gold four times at the Masters 2000 World Championships in Munich . At the German Championships in Dresden in 2006 she again won several titles and repeatedly defeated her rival Barbara Gellrich .

Sporty profile

• 1972: Start of targeted training in the Winsen swimming club
• 1975: Admission to the national youth team of the German Swimming Association
• 1976: European Youth Championship
• 1976: A national team
• 1985: Award of the Silver Laurel Leaf by the Federal President
• 1991: Unofficial resignation from the senior national team

Participation in competitions

Olympic Games (qualification and participation)

• 1976: Montreal Parents and Trainer Waiver (Too Young)
• 1980: Moscow renounces the NOK due to the conflict in Afghanistan
• 1984: Los Angeles
  • 1 × 2nd place 4 × 100 m medley
  • 2 × 3rd place, 4 × 100 m freestyle and 100 m butterfly
• 1988: Seoul
  • 1 × 7th place 4 × 100 m freestyle

World Championships (qualification and participation)

• 1978: Berlin
  • 4 × 4th place 4 × 100 m freestyle and medley, 100 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly
• 1982: Guayaquil
  • 5th place 4 × 100 m freestyle
• 1986: Madrid
  • 2 × 6th place, 4 × 100 m medley and 4 × 100 m freestyle
• 1991: Perth
  • 2nd place 4 × 100 m freestyle

European Championships (qualification and participation)

• 1981/1985: 2 × 2nd place 4 × 100 m freestyle
• 1977/1981/1983/1985: 6 × 3rd place 100 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley

additional

• 18 German championship titles over 100 m butterfly and 100 m freestyle
• 24 German records 100 m butterfly and 100 m freestyle
• Active at the German Senior Championships since 1993
  • 1994: 5 times German senior champion with 4 European records (age group 30)
  • 1995: 5 times German senior champion with 2 European records (age group 30)
  • 1996: 7-time German Senior Champion and a total of 2 world and 14 European records (age group 35)
  • 1997: 2-time German senior champion with European record and 2 German records in relays (age group 35)
  • 1998: 3 times German senior champion with 1 European record (age group 35)
  • 2000: 4-time world champion over 50 m and 100 m freestyle, 100 m back, 100 m butterfly in Munich (AG35)

Status after evaluating the Masters 2001 record list:

• 7 European records short course - 10 European records long course (AK 30 +35)
• 8 DSV records short course 16 DSV record long course (AK 30-35)

Web links

• Karin Seick in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Karin Seick in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)