Sara Harstick

Sara Harstick
Personal information
Full name Sara Harstick
Nationality German
Born 8 September 1981 (1981-09-08) (age 30)
Hildesheim, Niedersachsen
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight 66 kilograms (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Stroke(s) Freestyle

Sara Harstick (born 8 September 1981 in Hildesheim, Niedersachsen[1]) is a former German freestyle swimmer, who won bronze medals in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.

Also in 2004 in Athens, she swam her only individual Olympic race, finishing sixth in the fifth heat of the 200 m freestyle, one spot short of advancing to the semifinals.[2] A few months before the 2008 Summer Olympics, Harstick ended her swimming career after the firing of her coach, Rainer Tylinski.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sara Harstick Biography and Olympic Results". http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/sara-harstick-1.html. Retrieved 13 January 2010. 
  2. ^ "Athen Olympics- Washington Post (200 m freestyle results)". http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/olympics/2004/SWW012.html?SITE=DCWAP2&SECTION=OLYMPICS. Retrieved 13 January 2010. 
  3. ^ "Sara Harstick beendet Karriere" (in German). Rheinische Post. 14 January 2008. http://www.rp-online.de/public/kompakt/sport/520956/Sara-Harstick-beendet-Karriere.html. Retrieved 13 January 2010.