Kirsten Bruhn

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Surname: Kirsten Bruhn
Nation: GermanyGermany Germany
Swimming style (s) : Freestyle , chest , back
Birthday: 3rd November 1969
Place of birth: Eutin
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Kirsten Bruhn (born November 3, 1969 in Eutin , Schleswig-Holstein ) is a German swimmer and one of the most famous and successful athletes in German disabled sports .

Life

Kirsten Bruhn has been swimming at competitive levels since she was ten . She passed her high school diploma in 1990 and then went to New Jersey in the United States as an au pair for a year .

In 1991 she wanted to start studying graphics and design, but suffered a motorcycle accident and as a result, incomplete paraplegia with the exception of the anterior thigh muscles. Since this accident she is no longer a pedestrian and needs a wheelchair as an aid. To motivate herself, she continued to practice swimming. In 1993 she completed an apprenticeship as a social security assistant at the AOK Schleswig-Holstein in Neumünster.

In 2002 Bruhn registered for a swimming competition in disabled sports for the first time and already took first place in 50 m back, 3rd place in 100 m back and fourth place in 50 m freestyle and at the International German Championship in Berlin that year 100 m freestyle. Since then she has successfully participated in numerous championships and is one of the fastest handicap swimmers in the world. She is trained by her father Manfred Bruhn.

At the Paralympics in Athens in 2004 she won gold over 100 meters breast, two silver and one bronze. In 2005 it set 9 world, 11 European and 15 German records. In 2004, 2005 and 2008 she was named Sportswoman of the Year with Handicap by the DBS. In 2006 she was nominated as the only German representative for the Laureus Sport Award in Barcelona. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, she won the most medals in the team of the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS) with gold over 100 m breaststroke and world record time in the run, as well as one silver and three bronze medals. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics , she won gold in the 100 m chest and silver in the 100 m back for the third time in a row. She ended her Paralympic career in late 2014. Bruhn has been an ambassador for rehabilitation, prevention and sport at the Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin since 2012 . She is also active as a speaker and speaker in this area.

Kirsten Bruhn at the inauguration of the climbing wall in the DRK school and therapy center in Raisdorf (2011)

Kirsten Bruhn has been an ambassador for the DRK Schleswig-Holstein since 2001, and for the White Ring since 2008 . She is also involved in other honorary positions for and in sport.

Kirsten Bruhn is one of three people portrayed in the German documentary " Gold - You can do more than you think " , which was shown at the Berlinale 2013 on February 15 and 16 in the Berlinale Special section.

On November 22nd, the gold medal winner was presented with a Bambi (category “Sport”) for her extraordinary achievements at the Paralympic Summer Games 2012 .

In 2015 she was elected to the Presidium of the Disabled Sports Association Berlin . Her autobiography "My life and how I won it back" was published in 2016, and in the same year she acted as an expert for ARD at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro .

Successes (excerpt)

  • Paralympic Gold 2004, 2008 and 2012, (11 Paralympic medals in total)
  • 65 times German champion
  • 54 world and 64 European records
  • six times world champion
  • eight-time European champion

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  1. ↑ a b c Kirsten Bruhn at the German Disabled Sports Association
  2. ^ Franziska Ringleben: Paralympics swimmer Bruhn: No more complaining , in: Spiegel online from August 30, 2012
  3. ^ Bruhn gilds her farewell , on: ARD-Sportschau online , September 6, 2012
  4. ↑ Swimmer Bruhn makes the day perfect for Germany , in: Berliner Morgenpost from September 6, 2012 (only available with subscription)
  5. ↑ Film screening on TV show Brisant (ARD) on February 27, 2013
  6. ↑ You are gold ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of Parapictures Film Production GmbH @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.du-bist-gold.de
  7. ↑ Carsten Volkery: Paralympics star Kirsten Bruhn: "Pistorius would be unthinkable in Germany" , in: Spiegel online from September 8, 2012
  8. ↑ Presentation of the film on Berlinale.de
  9. ↑ Bambi Awards: Much prominence for the fawn ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2016 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. at shz.de, November 23, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.shz.de
  10. ↑ Kirsten Bruhn in a new role , Saturday, June 13, 2015
  11. ↑ Sports badges and sports merit badges presented: Simonis recognizes voluntary work in sports ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , schleswig-holstein.de of January 27, 2005, accessed on May 18, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schleswig-holstein.de
personal data
SURNAME Bruhn, Kirsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German swimmer in disabled sports
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd November 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Eutin