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Kerstin Kielgaß

Full name: Kerstin Kielgaß
Gender: Female
Height: 5'10" (179 cm)
Weight: 137 lbs (62 kg)
Born: December 6, 1969 in Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Affiliations: Wasserfreunde Spandau 04, Berlin (GER)
Country: GER Germany
Sport: Swimming

Medals: 1 Silver, 3 Bronze (4 Total)

Biography

Kerstin Kielgaß was an active high-performance long distance freestyle swimmer for 15 years, winning her first international title for the former GDR at the 1985 European Championships with the 4×100 freestyle relay. All her other podiums were earned with the reunified German team – European Championships: one gold, three silver and two bronze medals; World Championships: two gold, two silver and one bronze medal; and Olympic Games: one silver and three bronze medals. After the Games in Sydney she retired, and then became a physiotherapist for the Bundesliga volleyball club SV Bayer Wuppertal, where her best friend Simone Osygus is club manager.

As part of the GDR doping investigations into the practices of the East German doctors and sports officials, it became known, among other things, that her coach, Volker Frischke, had given his pupils anabolic steroids regularly.

Results

Women's 200 metres Freestyle

Event History
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T
1992 Summer 22 Barcelona Swimming Germany Final 3 1:59.67
1992 Summer 22 Barcelona Swimming Germany Round One Heat Three 2 QU 2:00.55
2000 Summer 30 Sydney Swimming Germany Final 4T 1:58.86
2000 Summer 30 Sydney Swimming Germany Semi-Finals Heat One 2 QU 1:59.78
2000 Summer 30 Sydney Swimming Germany Round One Heat Six 3 QU 2:00.25

Women's 400 metres Freestyle

Event History
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T
1992 Summer 22 Barcelona Swimming Germany Final 5 4:11.52
1992 Summer 22 Barcelona Swimming Germany Round One Heat Four 1 QU 4:12.50
1996 Summer 26 Atlanta Swimming Germany Final 4 4:09.83
1996 Summer 26 Atlanta Swimming Germany Round One Heat Five 1 QU 4:08.99
2000 Summer 30 Sydney Swimming Germany Round One Heat Five 6 4:13.10

Women's 800 metres Freestyle

Event History
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T
1992 Summer 22 Barcelona Swimming Germany Round One Heat Three 3 8:43.52
1996 Summer 26 Atlanta Swimming Germany Final 4 8:31.06
1996 Summer 26 Atlanta Swimming Germany Round One Heat Three 3 QU 8:36.33

Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay

Event History
Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank T IST CTAS
1992 Summer 22 Barcelona Swimming Germany GER Round One Heat Two 2 QU 3:43.58 55.85 1:51.95
2000 Summer 30 Sydney Swimming Germany GER Round One Heat Two 3 QU 3:43.22 56.05 3:43.22

Women's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay

Event History
Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank T IST CTAS
1996 Summer 26 Atlanta Swimming Germany GER Final 2 8:01.55 2:00.86 3:59.00
2000 Summer 30 Sydney Swimming Germany GER Final 3 7:58.64 1:57.90 7:58.64