Katrin Meissner
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Katrin Meissner (German: Katrin Meißner, born 17 January 1973) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won three medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The fifteen-year-old triumphed with the GDR women's relay team in the 4×100 m medley and in the 4×100 m freestyle, and finished third in the 50 m freestyle.[1]
Meissner is one of the few East German swimmers to also swim for Germany after reunification. She represented Germany at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Meissner retired in 2004 after not being selected for the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katrin Meißner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Katrin MEISSNER". Olympics.com (in German). 17 January 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Katrin Meissner at World Aquatics
- Katrin Meissner at Swimrankings.net
- Katrin Meissner at Olympedia
- Katrin Meissner at Olympics.com
- Katrin Meissner at Olympic.org (archived)
- Katrin Meissner at databaseOlympics[permanent dead link]
- "Katrin Meissner studies English at Embassy CES". Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2007.
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