Sara Harstick | |
Fullname: | Sara Harstick |
Nationality: | German |
Birth Date: | 8 September 1981 |
Birth Place: | Hildesheim, Niedersachsen, West Germany |
Height: | [1] |
Weight: | 66kg (146lb) |
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]