Sara Harstick

Sara Harstick

Personal information
Full name	Sara Harstick
Nationality	German
Born	(1981-09-08) 8 September 1981 (age 43) Hildesheim, Niedersachsen, West Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle 2004 Athens 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2001 Fukuoka 4×200 m 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.^[2]

Also in 2004 in Athens, she swam in her only individual Olympic race, finishing sixth in the fifth heat of the 200 m freestyle, one spot short of advancing to the semifinals.^[3] A few months before the 2008 Summer Olympics, Harstick ended her swimming career after the firing of her coach, Rainer Tylinski.^[4]

References

1. "Sara Harstick Biography and Olympic Results". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
2. "Sara HARSTICK – Olympic Swimming | Germany". International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
3. "Athen Olympics- Washington Post (200 m freestyle results)". Retrieved 13 January 2010.
4. "Sara Harstick beendet Karriere". Rheinische Post (in German). 14 January 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2010.