Name Cathleen Rund | Role Backstroke swimmer | |
Education Humboldt University of Berlin Olympic medals Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke | ||
Cathleen Grosmann (born Cathleen Rund 3 November 1977 in Berlin), formerly called Cathleen Stolze, is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Germany, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she won the bronze medal in the 200 m backstroke. Rund retired from international competition after the Sydney Olympics in 2000. In 2004, she moved to Frankfurt to work as a swimming trainer.
Private life
Cathleen Grosmann is the daughter of former East German Olympians Evelyn Stolze (swimming) and Peter Rund (water polo), and changed her name back from Stolze to Rund when they remarried in 1993. She attended the Werner-Seelenbinder-Schule, before studying sport at the Humboldt University of Berlin.