Kerstin Kielgass
Kerstin Kielgass is a German former Olympic swimmer and a physiotherapist. Kielgass would win 24 medals as an international swimmer, while competing in the Olympic Games, the World Championships and the European Championships.
Career
Kielgass made her international debut as a competitive swimmer age 14 at the junior European Championships in France.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. Kielgass later trained as a physiotherapist, working for the Bayer Wuppertal volleyball team.