Kerstin Kielgass
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Kerstin Kielgass (German spelling: Kerstin Kielgaß; born 6 December 1969) is a German former swimmer. She won to two gold medals at the World Championships and eight gold medals at the European Championships.
Career
[edit]Kielgass won her first major title in 1985 in the East German 4×100 m relay team at the World Championships. She also won as a member of the 4×200 m relay teams in the 1991 and 1998 World Aquatics Championships. In 1995, she won at the European Championships in the 200 m freestyle and in 1997 in the 800 m freestyle.
In the 200 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Kielgass won the bronze medal. In the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics, she was a member of the team in the heats but did not take part in the final, in which Germany won the bronze medal. In the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics, she was a member of the German team who won the silver medal, and in the 4×200 m freestyle relay in the 2000 Summer Olympics, she was a member of the German team who won the bronze medal. Following the 2000 Summer Olympics, she announced her retirement from competitive swimming.
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1993:  Germany — Franziska van Almsick, Kerstin Kielgass, Manuela Stellmach, Daniela Hunger1995: Germany — Dagmar Hase, Julia Jung, Kerstin Kielgass, Franziska van Almsick 1997: Germany — Dagmar Hase, Janina-Kristin Götz, Antje Buschschulte, Kerstin Kielgass1999: Germany — Franziska van Almsick, Silvia Szalai, Hannah Stockbauer, Kerstin Kielgass |
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