Kornelia Ender

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Medal record
Women’s Swimming
Competitor for East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold	1976 Montreal	100 m freestyle
Gold	1976 Montreal	200 m freestyle
Gold	1976 Montreal	100 m butterfly
Gold	1976 Montreal	4 x 100 m medley
Silver	1972 Munich	200 m individual medley
Silver	1972 Munich	4 x 100 m freestyle
Silver	1972 Munich	4 x 100 m medley
Silver	1976 Montreal	4 x 100 m freestyle
World Championsips (LC)
Gold	1973 Belgrade	100 m freestyle
Gold	1973 Belgrade	100 m butterfly
Gold	1973 Belgrade	4 x 100 m freestyle
Gold	1973 Belgrade	4 x 100 m medley

Kornelia Ender (born October 25, 1958 in Plauen) is an East German swimmer who at the 1976 Summer Olympics became the first woman swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games, all in world record times. It was later proven that the East German team doctors had systematically administered steroids to their athletes^[1] (albeit without the athletes' knowledge). As an athlete who had exhibited symptoms of steroid use in 1976 (deep voice, overdeveloped body), the revelations cast strong suspicion on the validity of Ender's accomplishments.

Ender trained from a young age and won her first Olympic medals as a 13-year-old at the 1972 Olympics in Munich: three silver medals, including one in the individual 200m medley, finishing behind Australia's Shane Gould.

Over the following years she broke 32 world records in individual events, including the four at the Montreal Games.

Ender was married for six years with East German backstroke swimmer and multiple Olympic champion Roland Matthes. She is now married to former East German - German athlete and bobsledder Steffen Grummt.

[edit] References

Lord, Craig (Mar 26, 2004). Olympic heroes. Times Online

^ E. German Olympic Dopers Guilty

Records
Preceded by Mayumi Aoki	Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) April 14, 1973 – August 21, 1974	Succeeded by Rosemarie Kother
Preceded by Rosemarie Kother	Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) June 9, 1975 – August 28, 1977	Succeeded by Christiane Knacke
Preceded by Shane Gould	Women's 200 metre individual medley world record holder (long course) April 13, 1973 – September 4, 1973	Succeeded by Andrea Hubner
Preceded by Ulrike Tauber	Women's 200 metre individual medley world record holder (long course) June 5, 1976 – July 10, 1977	Succeeded by Ulrike Tauber
Awards
Preceded by Karin Janz	East German Sportswoman of the Year 1973 – 1976	Succeeded by Rosemarie Ackermann

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Olympic champions in women's 100 m freestyle

v • d • e Olympic champions in women's 200 m freestyle

1968: Debbie Meyer \| 1972: Shane Gould \| 1976: Kornelia Ender \| 1980: Barbara Krause \| 1984: Mary Waite \| 1988: Heike Friedrich \| 1992: Nicole Haislett \| 1996: Claudia Poll \| 2000: Susie O'Neill \| 2004: Camelia Potec

v • d • e Olympic champions in women's 100 m butterfly

1956: Shelley Mann \| 1960: Carolyn Schuler \| 1964: Sharon Stouder \| 1968: Lyn McClements \| 1972: Mayumi Aoki \| 1976: Kornelia Ender \| 1980: Caren Metschuck \| 1984: Mary T. Meagher \| 1988: Kristin Otto \| 1992: Hong Qian \| 1996: Amy Van Dyken \| 2000: Inge de Bruijn \| 2004: Petria Thomas