Kerstin Kielgass
Kerstin Kielgass 
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Kerstin Kielgaß (far right) at the GDR Swimming Championships in Erfurt (1987) |
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| Surname: | Kerstin Kielgass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 German Democratic Republic (until 1990) Germany
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | 6th December 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | East Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.79 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kerstin Kielgaß (born December 6, 1969 in East Berlin ) is a former German swimmer .
Career
She was active in top sport for a total of 15 years. She won her first title in 1985 at the European Championships in Sofia with the GDR's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay .
She was able to win the world championship title with the freestyle relay, this time 4 × 100 meters, in Perth in 1991 and 1998 .
In addition to eight successes with the two freestyle relays, she became European champion on the 200 meter freestyle course in Vienna in 1995 and the 800 meter freestyle course in Seville in 1997 .
She was able to collect a total of four medals at the Olympic Games. In 1992 in Barcelona she was in the 200 meter freestyle and third with the German 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay. In Atlanta 1996 she won the silver medal with the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay. After the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 , where she was able to win bronze again with the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay, she announced her retirement from swimming.
In 1986 she was awarded the Bronze Patriotic Order of Merit in the GDR .
In addition, she received the Silver Laurel Leaf on June 23, 1993 for winning the bronze medal in 1992.
GDR doping
In the course of the GDR doping process and the related research and archival processing of the practices of GDR doctors and sports officials , it became known, among other things, that Volker Frischke , who was Kielgaß's trainer in the GDR's B national squad in the 1980s, was anabolic Has administered steroids .
Web links
- Kerstin Kielgaß in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Kerstin Kielgaß in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , October 15, 1986, p. 7
- ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: .... on June 23, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded ... disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 1992, with the silver laurel leaf ...
- ^ "Die Meister-Macher" online at the Berliner Zeitung , March 19, 1998; As of May 7, 2009 .
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| SURNAME | Kielgass, Kerstin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th December 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |