Sabina Schulze

East German swimmer

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Sabina Schulze

Personal information

Born

(1972-03-19) 19 March 1972 (age 52)
Leipzig, East Germany

Height

1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

66 kg (146 lb)

Sport

Swimming

Club

SC DHfK, Leipzig,^[1]
SC Empor Rostock^[2]

Medal record

Representing East Germany

Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	4×100 m freestyle
World Championships
	1986 Madrid	4×100 m freestyle

Sabina Schulze (born 19 March 1972) is a retired German swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships,^[3] setting a new world record. Two years later she won a gold medal in the same event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[4]

Schulze was born in a family of track and field athletes. Her father Jens Schulze and mother Karin Rüger competed in high jump, and the mother took part in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.^[1] Her brother Thomas specialized in shot put, but Sabina and another brother Michael went into swimming.^[5] After marriage she changed her last name to Kessler.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sabina Schulze. sports-reference.com
^ Schwimmen – DDR – Meisterschaften Damen – Teil 1. sport-komplett.de
^ Jean-Louis Meuret (2007), HistoFINA Volume IV – Tome IV^{[permanent dead link]}. MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS. Special FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (50 m.) Before Rome 2009.
^ She competed in the qualifying round, but not in the final
^ Sabina Schulze. munzinger.de