Kerstin Kielgass
German swimmer
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| Full name | Kerstin Kielgaß | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  East Germany (until 1990) Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1969-12-06) 6 December 1969 (age 54) East Berlin, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 swimmer. She won to two gold medals at the World Championships and eight gold medals at the European Championships.
Career
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 the 1991 and 1998 World Aquatics Championships. In 1995, she won at the European Championships in the 200 m freestyle and in 1997 in the 800 m freestyle.
In the 200 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Kielgass won the bronze medal. In the 4×100 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 the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics, she was a member of the German team who won the silver medal, and in the 4×200 m freestyle relay in the 2000 Summer Olympics, she was a member of the German team who won the bronze medal. Following the 2000 Summer Olympics, she announced her retirement from competitive swimming.
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World long-course champions in women's 4×200 m freestyle relay
- 1986:
Manuela Stellmach, Astrid Strauss, Nadja Bergknecht, Heike Friedrich (GDR) - 1991:
Kerstin Kielgass, Manuela Stellmach, Dagmar Hase, Stephanie Ortwig (GER) - 1994:
Le Ying, Yang Aihua, Zhou Guanbin, Lü Bin (CHN) - 1998: Franziska van Almsick, Dagmar Hase, Silvia Szalai, Kerstin Kielgass (GER)
- 2001:
Nicola Jackson, Janine Belton, Karen Legg, Karen Pickering (GBR) - 2003:
Lindsay Benko, Rachel Komisarz, Rhi Jeffrey, Diana Munz (USA) - 2005: Natalie Coughlin, Katie Hoff, Whitney Myers, Kaitlin Sandeno (USA)
- 2007: Natalie Coughlin, Dana Vollmer, Lacey Nymeyer, Katie Hoff (USA)
- 2009: Yang Yu, Zhu Qianwei, Liu Jing, Pang Jiaying (CHN)
- 2011: Missy Franklin, Dagny Knutson, Katie Hoff, Allison Schmitt (USA)
- 2013: Katie Ledecky, Shannon Vreeland, Karlee Bispo, Missy Franklin (USA)
- 2015: Missy Franklin, Leah Smith, Katie McLaughlin, Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2017: Leah Smith, Mallory Comerford, Melanie Margalis, Katie Ledecky (USA)
- 2019:
Ariarne Titmus, Madison Wilson, Brianna Throssell, Emma McKeon (AUS) - 2022: Claire Weinstein, Leah Smith, Katie Ledecky, Bella Sims (USA)
- 2023: Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Brianna Throssell, Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
- 2024: Ai Yanhan, Gong Zhenqi, Li Bingjie, Yang Peiqi (CHN)
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1993: Germany — Franziska van Almsick, Kerstin Kielgass, Manuela Stellmach, Daniela Hunger1995: Germany — Dagmar Hase, Julia Jung, Kerstin Kielgass, Franziska van Almsick 1997: Germany — Dagmar Hase, Janina-Kristin Götz, Antje Buschschulte, Kerstin Kielgass1999: Germany — Franziska van Almsick, Silvia Szalai, Hannah Stockbauer, Kerstin Kielgass |
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