Sylvia Gerasch
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Sylvia Gerasch (right, with Silke Hörner) at the GDR swimming championships in 1987 |
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| Surname: | Sylvia Gerasch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 German Democratic Republic (until 1990) Germany
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| Swimming style (s) : | chest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | March 16, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | cottbus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.74 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sylvia Gerasch (born March 16, 1969 in Cottbus ) is a former German swimmer who competed for both the GDR and Germany .
Career
She was able to show success at a young age. At the age of 14, she was second at the European Championships in 1983 behind Ute Geweniger in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke . At the following European championships she then reached her first international title over 100 m breaststroke. At the 1986 World Championships , the world championship title followed over the same distance in a world record time (1: 08.11 min) as well as victory in the 4 × 100 m layer relay with Kristin Otto , Kathrin Zimmermann , Sylvia Gerasch and Kornelia Greßler .
In the last year of her career she was German champion in the 100 m breaststroke in 2000 and was thus able to qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time . At the competitions in Sydney she finished as the second best European in eighth place over 100 m chest. In the 4 × 100 m layer relay, she took fourth place with Antje Buschschulte , Franziska van Almsick and Katrin Meißner .
Gerasch last started for SC Berlin . In 1984 she was awarded the Gold Patriotic Order of Merit . In 1986 she received the Star of Friendship of Nations in gold.
doping
GDR doping
Like many other former East German top swimmers also, such as Kristin Otto , Heike Friedrich , Dagmar Hase or Daniela Hunger , was also Sylvia Gerasch in connection with the 1998 taking place Doping Trial of former East German coach Dieter Lindemann and Volker Frischke with accusations the systematic doping between 1982 and 1988, the accusation of taking illegal performance-enhancing substances and thus illegally achieved world and European championship titles.
Caffeine doping
After the European Sprint Swimming Championships in Gateshead in 1993 , increased caffeine levels were found in Gerasch, whereupon the World Swimming Federation banned them for two years until January 21, 1996.
Web links
- Sylvia Gerasch in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Sylvia Gerasch in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ world champion. In: German Swimming Association. Accessed April 22, 2020 .
- ↑ Andreas Molitor: A difficult witness. In: Berliner Zeitung . April 25, 1998, accessed June 16, 2015 .
- ↑ Sylvia Gerasch can continue. In: Berliner Zeitung . September 1, 1994, accessed June 16, 2015 .
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| SURNAME | Quick, Sylvia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | cottbus |