Cornelia Sirch

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Cornelia Sirch
Cornelis Sirch 1986.jpg
Cornelis Sirch in 1986
Personal information
Born (1966-10-23) 23 October 1966 (age 55)
Erfurt, Germany
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubSC Turbine Erfurt
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 4 x 100 m medley relay
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul 200 m backstroke
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Guayaquil 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1986 Madrid 200 m backstroke
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Rome 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1983 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1983 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1985 Sofia 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1987 Strasbourg 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1987 Strasbourg 200 m individual medley
Silver medal – second place 1983 Rome 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1985 Sofia 200 m individual medley

Cornelia Sirch (born 23 October 1966) is a former East German backstroke swimmer. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in three events and won two bronze medals in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, in which she swam in a preliminary round. In 1982 she was named Swimming World's European Swimmer of the Year, after winning 200 m backstroke at the World Championships in Guayaguil in a world record time of 2:09.91, becoming the first woman to dip under 2 minutes 10 seconds.[1]

Between 1983 and 1987 she won six gold and two silver medals at European championships.[2] She retired shortly after the 1988 Olympics and later had serious health problems, which she attributed to doping she had to take as part of the East German training system.[1] Her European Swimmer of the Year title was vacated in 2013, due to her participation in the doping program.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Cornelia Sirch. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Cornelia SIRCH. les-sports.info
  3. ^ "STRIPPED! Swimming World Vacates Awards of GDR Drug-Fueled Swimmers". Swimming World. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
Awards
Preceded by European Swimmer of the Year
1982
Succeeded by


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