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Cornelia Sirch

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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. Between 1983 and 1987 she won six gold and two silver medals at European championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Cornelia Sirch is the 299th most popular swimmer, the 6,351st most popular biography from Germany and the 34th most popular German Swimmer.

Cornelia Sirch is most famous for being a competitive swimmer from East Germany, born in 1966. She specialized in freestyle and butterfly events and represented her country in various international competitions during her athletic career.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Cornelia Sirch ranks 299 out of 709. Before her are Uwe Dassler, Britta Steffen, Dmitry Volkov, Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Dagmar Hase, and Denis Pankratov. After her are Malcolm Champion, Daichi Suzuki, Angel Martino, Bruce Furniss, Silvia Poll, and Lukman Niode.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Cornelia Sirch ranks 827. Before her are Daisy Fuentes, Zhang Xiaoguang, Luc Robitaille, Troy Kemp, Paul Ereng, and Nicole Petignat. After her are Patrice Lhotellier, David Jones, Ingeborg, Enrique Míguez, Kerrin Lee-Gartner, and Aleta Baun.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Cornelia Sirch ranks 6,354 out of 7,253. Before her are Dirk Lehmann (1971), Mark Kirchner (1970), Christian Günter (1993), Jermaine Jones (1981), Tron (1972), and Guido Fulst (1970). After her are Karl-Heinz Brunner (1953), Roberto Hilbert (1984), Christof Duffner (1971), Robert Bartko (1975), Markus Weinzierl (1974), and Helena Janeczek (null).

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Among SWIMMERS In Germany

Among swimmers born in Germany, Cornelia Sirch ranks 34. Before her are Silke Hörner (1965), Franziska van Almsick (1978), Kathleen Nord (1965), Uwe Dassler (1967), Britta Steffen (1983), and Dagmar Hase (1969). After her are Daniela Hunger (1972), Manuela Stellmach (1970), Birte Weigang (1968), Katrin Meissner (1973), Thomas Lurz (1979), and Jörg Hoffmann (1970).

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