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.jpg) Kielgass in 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kerstin Kielgaß | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  East Germany (until 1990) Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1969-12-06)6 December 1969 (age 55) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kerstin Kielgass (German spelling:Kerstin Kielgaß; born 6 December 1969) is a German former Olympic swimmer and a physiotherapist. Kielgass would win 24 medals as an international swimmer, while competing in the Olympic Games, theWorld Championships and theEuropean Championships.
Kielgass made her international debut as a competitive swimmer age 14 at the junior European Championships in France.[1]
Kielgass won her first major title in 1985 in the East German 4×100 m relay team at the World Championships. She also won as a member of the 4×200 m relay teams in the1991 and1998 World Aquatics Championships. In1995, she won at the European Championships in the 200 m freestyle and in1997 in the 800 m freestyle.
In the200 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Kielgass won the bronze medal.[2] In the4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics, she was a member of the team in the heats but did not take part in the final, in which Germany won the bronze medal. In the4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics, she was a member of the German team who won the silver medal, and in the4×200 m freestyle relay in the 2000 Summer Olympics, she was a member of the German team who won the bronze medal.
Following the2000 Summer Olympics, she announced her retirement from competitive swimming.[1] Kielgass later trained as a physiotherapist, working for theBayer Wuppertal volleyball team.[1]
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