Cornelia Polit
East German swimmer
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Cornelia Polit in 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1963-02-18) 18 February 1963 (age 61) Teutschenthal, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SV Halle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cornelia Polit (later Embacher, born 18 February 1963) is a former swimmer from East Germany. At age seventeen she won the silver medal in the women's 200 m backstroke at the 1980 Summer Olympics, behind her teammate Rica Reinisch.[1] She won a silver and a gold medal in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke at the 1981 European Aquatics Championships, respectively. Two years later she repeated this achievement, but in the butterfly events.[2]
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- 1970: Andrea Gyarmati (HUN)
- 1974: Ulrike Richter (GDR)
- 1977: Birgit Treiber (GDR)
- 1981: Cornelia Polit (GDR)
- 1983: Cornelia Sirch (GDR)
- 1985: Cornelia Sirch (GDR)
- 1987: Cornelia Sirch (GDR)
- 1989: Dagmar Hase (GDR)
- 1991: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)
- 1993: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)
- 1995: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)
- 1997: Cathleen Rund (GER)
- 1999: Roxana Mărăcineanu (FRA)
- 2000: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP)
- 2002: Stanislava Komarova (RUS)
- 2004: Stanislava Komarova (RUS)
- 2006: Esther Baron (FRA)
- 2008: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
- 2010: Lizzie Simmonds (GBR)
- 2012: Alexianne Castel (FRA)
- 2014: Duane Da Rocha (ESP)
- 2016: Katinka Hosszú (HUN)
- 2018: Margherita Panziera (ITA)
- 2020: Margherita Panziera (ITA)
- 2022: Margherita Panziera (ITA)
- 2024: Camila Rebelo (POR)
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