Sarah Wellbrock (née Köhler; born 20 June 1994) is a retired German swimmer, former World record holder, who won gold medal at 2019 World Championships and gold in 2017 European Swimming Championships (SC).[2] She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the women's 400 metre freestyle, she finished 10th in the heats and did not qualify for the final.[3] In the women's 800 metre freestyle, she finished in 8th place.[4] She was also a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team which finished 12th in the heats and did not qualify for the final.[5]
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 June 1994 Hanau, Germany[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SG Frankfurt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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2020 Summer Olympics
editKöhler qualified to represent Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6] In the women's 1500 metre freestyle, she finished 6th in the heats and qualified for the final, winning the bronze medal.[7]
Awards
editPersonal life
editIn January 2022, Köhler married distance freestyle swimmer Florian Wellbrock of Germany, they got engaged in December 2020.[9]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sarah Köhler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ "Sarah Kohler". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Germany Stages Multi-Olympic Qualification Meets". SwimSwam. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "Women's 1500m Freestyle Heats Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Sutherland, James (11 January 2022). "SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Women's #50-41". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ Race, Retta (11 January 2022). "German Power Couple Wellbrock & Köhler Get Married". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
External links
edit- Sarah Köhler at World Aquatics
- Sarah Köhler at Swimrankings.net
- Sarah Köhler at Olympedia (archive)
- Sarah Köhler at Olympics.com
- Sarah Köhler at Team Deutschland (in German)
