SV Halle swimming
The swimming department of SV Halle is the largest department of SV Halle with over 750 members (with around 3450 members in the entire club ) . Measured against the successes at German championships, SV Halle is one of the most successful clubs in German swimming .
Like the main club, the swimming department was re-established in 1990 from the SC Chemie Halle . Organized swimming has existed at SC Chemie since 1958. Today, there is also a federal base in Halle , where numerous young people from outside who attend the sports boarding school in Halle train .
SV Halle was promoted to the first division women's swimming in the 2005/2006 season and will start in this top division of German swimming from October 2006. The men's team narrowly missed promotion and continues to start in the 2nd Bundesliga North.
The most famous swimmers of the club today are Paul Biedermann with a world record, 3 European records and 2 European championship titles, 8 German championship titles and 10 German records and the two-time junior world champion Daniela Schreiber . The four-time Olympic champion at the Montreal Games, Kornelia Grummt-Ender, also swam in Halle (then still SC Chemie). The head coach of the top swimmers and the federal base is Frank Embacher.
GDR champions from SV Halle
- Klaus Dockhorn : 1974 (400 m freestyle); 1974 (1500 m freestyle)
- Steffen Ließ : 1984 (400 m freestyle)
- Karsten Drobny : 1984, 1985 (100 m butterfly); 1984, 1985 (200 m butterfly); 1983 (200 m layers)
- Steffen Jahns : 1983 (200 m butterfly)
- Thomas Körber : 1985, 1986 (200 m butterfly)
- Tino Weber : 1989, 1990 (100 m back); 1989 (200 m back)
- Kornelia Grummt-Ender : 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 (100 m butterfly); 1972, 1973 (200 m layers); 1973 (400 m layers); 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 (100 m freestyle); 1975, 1976 (200 m freestyle); 1974, 1975 (400 m freestyle); 1976 (100 m back)
- Cornelia Polit : 1983 (200 m butterfly); 1981 (200 m back); 1981 (100 m back)
- Dagmar Hase : 1988, 1990 (200 m back)
- Carmela Schmidt : 1979, 1981, 1982 (400 m freestyle); 1981 (800 m freestyle)
- Judge: 1986 (400 m freestyle)
- Jutta Olbrisch : 1958 (100 m freestyle)
- Karin Beyer : 1958 (200 m chest)
World record for Halle
Paul Biedermann set a world record in the men's 200 m freestyle with 1: 42.00 and improved the record of 14-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps by 0.96 seconds.