Cornelia Sirch
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Born | (1966-10-23) 23 October 1966 (age 57) Erfurt, East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Turbine Erfurt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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Preceded by | European Swimmer of the Year 1982 | Succeeded by |
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- 1973: Melissa Belote (USA)
- 1975: Birgit Treiber (GDR)
- 1978: Linda Jezek (USA)
- 1982: Cornelia Sirch (GDR)
- 1986: Cornelia Sirch (GDR)
- 1991: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)
- 1994: He Cihong (CHN)
- 1998: Roxana Maracineanu (FRA)
- 2001: Diana Mocanu (ROM)
- 2003: Katy Sexton (GBR)
- 2005: Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)
- 2007: Margaret Hoelzer (USA)
- 2009: Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)
- 2011: Missy Franklin (USA)
- 2013: Missy Franklin (USA)
- 2015: Emily Seebohm (AUS)
- 2017: Emily Seebohm (AUS)
- 2019: Regan Smith (USA)
- 2022: Kaylee McKeown (AUS)
- 2023: Kaylee McKeown (AUS)
- 2024: Claire Curzan (USA)
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