- Cornelia Sirch
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Medal record 
Cornelia SirchWomen's swimming Competitor for 
East GermanyOlympic Games Bronze 1988 Seoul 100 m backstroke Bronze 1988 Seoul 200 m backstroke World Championships (LC) Gold 1982 Guayaquil 200 m backstroke Gold 1986 Madrid 200 m backstroke European Championships (LC) Gold 1983 Rome 200 m backstroke Gold 1983 Rome 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1983 Rome 4×200 m freestyle Gold 1985 Sofia 200 m backstroke Gold 1987 Strasbourg 200 m backstroke Gold 1987 Strasbourg 200 m individual medley Silver 1983 Rome 100 m backstroke Silver 1985 Sofia 200 m individual medley Cornelia Sirch (born 23 October 1966 in Jena, Thuringia) is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany, who won two bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The 21-year-old triumphed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke. 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. The record was broken by the US's Betsy Mitchell in 1986 (2:08.60).
References
Awards Preceded by
Ute GewenigerEuropean Swimmer of the Year
1982Succeeded by
Ute GewenigerWorld Long Course Champions in Women's 200 m Backstroke 1973: Melissa Belote (USA) • 1975: Birgit Treiber (GDR) • 1978: Linda Jezek (USA) • 1982: Kornelia Sirch (GDR) • 1986: Kornelia Sirch (GDR) • 1991: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) • 1994: Chihong He (CHN) • 1998: Roxana Maracineanu (FRA) • 2001: Diana Mocanu (ROM) • 2003: Katy Sexton (GBR) • 2005: Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) • 2007: Margaret Hoelzer (USA) • 2009: Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) • 2011: Missy Franklin (USA)
European Champions in Women's 200 m Backstroke 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 Maracineanu (FRA) • 2000: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) • 2002: Stanislava Komarova (RUS) • 2004: Stanislava Komarova (RUS) • 2006: Esther Baron (FRA) • 2008: Laure Manaudou (FRA) • 2010: Elizabeth Simmonds (GBR)
European Champions in Women's 200 m Individual Medley 1970: Martina Grunert (GDR) • 1974: Ulrike Tauber (GDR) • 1977: Ulrike Tauber (GDR) • 1981: Ute Geweniger (GDR) • 1983: Ute Geweniger (GDR) • 1985: Kathleen Nord (GDR) • 1987: Cornelia Sirch (GDR) • 1989: Daniela Hunger (GDR) • 1991: Daniela Hunger (GER) • 1993: Daniela Hunger (GER) • 1995: Michelle Smith (IRL) • 1997: Oxana Verevka (RUS) • 1999: Yana Klochkova (UKR) • 2000: Beatrice Căslaru (ROM) and Yana Klochkova (UKR) • 2002: Yana Klochkova (UKR) • 2004: Yana Klochkova (UKR) • 2006: Laure Manaudou (FRA) • 2008: Mireia Belmonte García (ESP) • 2010: Katinka Hosszú (HUN)
European Champions in Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1927: Great Britain (Laverty, Davies, King, Cooper) • 1931: Netherlands (Bouwmeester, Vierdag, Den Ouden, Braun) • 1934: Netherlands (Selbach, Timmermans, Mastenbroek, Den Ouden) • 1938: Denmark (Riise, Kraft, Ove-Petersen, Hveger) • 1947: Denmark (Svendsen, Harup, Andersen, Nathansen) • 1950: Netherlands (Masser, Termeulen, Linssen-Vaessen, Schuhmacher) • 1954: Hungary (Gyenge, Sebő, Temes, Szőke) • 1958: Netherlands (Schimmel, Lagerberg, Kraan, Gastelaars) • 1962: Netherlands (Gastelaars, Lasterie, Terpstra, Tigelaar) • 1966: Soviet Union (Sipchenko, Rudenko, Ustinova, Sosnova) • 1970: East Germany (Wetzko, Komar, Sehmisch, Schulze) • 1974: East Germany (Ender, Franke, Eife, Hübner) • 1977: East Germany (Treiber, Wächtler, Priemer, Krause) • 1981: East Germany (Meineke, Metschuck, Diers, Link) • 1983: East Germany (Otto, Link, Sirch, Meineke) • 1985: East Germany (Strauss, König, Stellmach, Friedrich) • 1987: East Germany (Stellmach, Friedrich, Otto, Meißner) • 1989: East Germany (Meißner, Stellmach, Hunger, Friedrich) • 1991: Netherlands (Van der Plaats, De Bruijn, Mastenbroek, Brienesse) • 1993: Germany (Van Almsick, Kielgass, Stellmach, Hunger) • 1995: Germany (Van Almsick, Osygus, Kielgass, Hunger) • 1997: Germany (Meißner, Osygus, Buschschulte, Völker) • 1999: Germany (Meißner, Buschschulte, Van Almsick, Völker) • 2000: Sweden (Jöhncke, Sjöberg, Kammerling, Alshammar) • 2002: Germany (Meißner, Dallmann, Völker, Van Almsick) • 2004: France (Figuès, Couderc, Mongel, Metella) • 2006: Germany (Dallmann, Götz, Steffen, Liebs) • 2008: Netherlands (Dekker, Kromowidjojo, Heemskerk, Veldhuis) • 2010: Germany (Samulski, Lippok, Vitting, Schreiber)
European Champions in Women's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1983: East Germany (Otto, Strauss, Sirch, Meineke) • 1985: East Germany (Strauss, König, Stellmach, Friedrich) • 1987: East Germany (Möhring, Stellmach, Strauss, Friedrich) • 1989: East Germany (Stellmach, Friedrich, Strauss, Möhring) • • 1991: Denmark (Poulsen, Jensen, Puggaard, Jacobsen) • 1993: Germany (Van Almsick, Kielgass, Stellmach, Hunger) • 1995: Germany (Hase, Jung, Kielgass, Van Almsick ) • 1997: Germany (Hase, Götz, Buschschulte, Kielgass) • 1999: Germany (Van Almsick, Szalai, Stockbauer, Kielgass) • 2000: Romania (Potec, Păduraru, Diaconescu, Căslaru) • 2002: Germany (Dallmann, Ries, Stockbauer, Van Almsick) • 2004: Spain (Rouba, Caballero, Roca, Villaecija) • 2006: Germany (Dallmann, Samulski, Steffen, Liebs) • 2008: France (Manaudou, Balmy, Lazare, Popchanka) • 2010: Hungary (Mutina, Dara, Hosszú, Verrasztó)
Categories:- 1966 births
- Living people
- People from Jena
- Female backstroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of East Germany
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Swimming World European Swimmers of the Year
- Female freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- German swimming Olympic medalist stubs
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