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.[2]
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Full name | Sara Harstick | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1981-09-08) 8 September 1981 (age 41) Hildesheim, Niedersachsen, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[3] A few months before the 2008 Summer Olympics, Harstick ended her swimming career after the firing of her coach, Rainer Tylinski.[4]
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