Sandra Völker

Sandra Völker is a retired freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, former world record holder in World record [progression 50 metres backstroke|50 metres backstroke]. She was also multiple World and European champion, in both Long and Short Course Championships.

Olympic career

Völker won three medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. This was her second Olympic appearance. Völker competed in four Olympics, making her debut in Barcelona, Spain in 1992.

Private life

During Völker's preparation for the 2000 Summer Olympics, she was diagnosed as having asthma, and a year later established a stiftung for children with asthma and allergies.
Völker's autobiography was published in 2015.