Sara Harstick

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Sara Harstick
Personal information
Full nameSara Harstick
NationalityGerman
Born (1981-09-08) 8 September 1981 (age 43)
Hildesheim, Niedersachsen, West Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 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. [2]

Also in 2004 in Athens, she swam in 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sara Harstick Biography and Olympic Results". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Sara HARSTICK – Olympic Swimming | Germany". International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Athen Olympics- Washington Post (200 m freestyle results)" . Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Sara Harstick beendet Karriere". Rheinische Post (in German). 14 January 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
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