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Sarah Wellbrock
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1994-06-20) 20 June 1994 (age 30)
Hanau, Germany[1]
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSG Frankfurt
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships (LC) 1 1 0
European Championships (LC) 0 2 1
European Championships (SC) 1 1 0
Total 2 4 2
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 1500 m freestyle
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju Team open water
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju 1500 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Team open water
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow 4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2017 Copenhagen 800 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2017 Copenhagen 400 m freestyle

Sarah Wellbrock (née Köhler; born 20 June 1994) is a retired German swimmer, former World record holder, who won gold medal at 2019 World Championships and gold in 2017 European Swimming Championships (SC).[2] She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the women's 400 metre freestyle, she finished 10th in the heats and did not qualify for the final.[3] In the women's 800 metre freestyle, she finished in 8th place.[4] She was also a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team which finished 12th in the heats and did not qualify for the final.[5]

2020 Summer Olympics

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Köhler qualified to represent Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6] In the women's 1500 metre freestyle, she finished 6th in the heats and qualified for the final, winning the bronze medal.[7]

Awards

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Personal life

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In January 2022, Köhler married distance freestyle swimmer Florian Wellbrock of Germany, they got engaged in December 2020.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sarah Köhler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ^ "Sarah Kohler". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Germany Stages Multi-Olympic Qualification Meets". SwimSwam. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  7. ^ "Women's 1500m Freestyle Heats Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  8. ^ Sutherland, James (11 January 2022). "SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Women's #50-41". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  9. ^ Race, Retta (11 January 2022). "German Power Couple Wellbrock & Köhler Get Married". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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Records
Preceded by Women's 1500 metre freestyle
world record holder (short course)

16 November 2019 – 29 October 22
Succeeded by