Sport Swimming Weight 65 kg Height 1.73 m | Role Backstroke swimmer Name Kathrin Zimmermann Club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | |
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Olympic medals Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke | ||
XXIV Olympic Games, Seoul / Women's 200m backstroke, final
Kathrin Zimmermann (born 22 December 1966) is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany who won a silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Earlier, between 1983 and 1987 she won five silver and two bronze medals at European and world championships in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke events, as well as one world title in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.
Her mother Heidi Eisenschmidt competed in swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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