Sara Harstick

Sara Harstick

Personal information
Full name	Sara Harstick
Nationality	German
Born	8 September 1981 (1981-09-08) (age 30) Hildesheim, Niedersachsen
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	66 kilograms (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Germany Olympic Games Bronze 2000 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 2004 Athens 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Silver 2001 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle

Sara Harstick (born 8 September 1981 in Hildesheim, Niedersachsen^[1]) is a former German freestyle swimmer, who won bronze medals in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.

Also in 2004 in Athens, she swam her only individual Olympic race, finishing sixth in the fifth heat of the 200 m freestyle, one spot short of advancing to the semifinals.^[2] A few months before the 2008 Summer Olympics, Harstick ended her swimming career after the firing of her coach, Rainer Tylinski.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Sara Harstick Biography and Olympic Results". http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/sara-harstick-1.html. Retrieved 13 January 2010. 
2. ^ "Athen Olympics- Washington Post (200 m freestyle results)". http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/olympics/2004/SWW012.html?SITE=DCWAP2&SECTION=OLYMPICS. Retrieved 13 January 2010. 
3. ^ "Sara Harstick beendet Karriere" (in German). Rheinische Post. 14 January 2008. http://www.rp-online.de/public/kompakt/sport/520956/Sara-Harstick-beendet-Karriere.html. Retrieved 13 January 2010. 

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Name	Harstick
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Date of birth	8 September 1981
Place of birth	Hildesheim, Niedersachsen
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