- Cornelia Polit
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Medal record
Cornelia PolitWomen's swimming Competitor for East Germany Olympic Games Silver 1980 Moscow 200 m backstroke European Championships (LC) Gold 1981 Split 200 m backstroke Gold 1983 Rome 200 m butterfly Silver 1981 Split 100 m backstroke Silver 1983 Rome 100 m butterfly Cornelia Polit (born 18 February 1963 in Teutschenthal) is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany. At age seventeen she won the silver medal in the women's 200 m backstroke at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR, behind her team mate Rica Reinisch.
References
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 Butterfly 1970: Helga Lindner (GDR) • 1974: Rosemarie Kother (GDR) • 1977: Anett Fiebig (GDR) • 1981: Ines Geißler (GDR) • 1983: Cornelia Polit (GDR) • 1985: Jacqueline Alex (GDR) • 1987: Kathleen Nord (GDR) • 1989: Kathleen Nord (GDR) • 1991: Mette Jacobsen (DEN) • 1993: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) • 1995: Michelle Smith (IRL) • 1997: María Peláez (ESP) • 1999: Mette Jacobsen (DEN) • 2000: Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) • 2002: Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) • 2004: Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) • 2006: Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) • 2008: Aurore Mongel (FRA) • 2010: Katinka Hosszú (HUN)
Categories:- 1963 births
- Living people
- German swimmers
- Female backstroke swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of East Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Female butterfly swimmers
- German swimming Olympic medalist stubs
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