Ursel Brunner

Ursel Brunner

Ursel Brunner in 1963
Personal information
Born	(1941-01-30)30 January 1941 Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen, Germany
Died	18 September 2024(2024-09-18) (aged 83)
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	SV Nikar, Heidelberg
Medal record Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1960 Rome 4×100 m freestyle relay 1960 Rome 4×100 m medley relay Representing West Germany Universiade 1963 Porto Alegre 400 m freestyle 1963 Porto Alegre 100 m freestyle 1963 Porto Alegre 100 m backstroke

Ursula "Ursel" Brunner (German pronunciation: [ˈʊʁzl̩ ˈbʁʊnɐ] ; 30 January 1941 – 18 September 2024) was a West German freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and won two bronze medals in relay events in 1960.

She won at least 15 national titles in the 100 m butterfly (1961–1962), 400 m individual medley (1962–1963), and 100 m (1959–1963) and 400 m freestyle (1957, 1959–1963). In 1963, she was selected the German Sportspersonality of the Year. In 1975 Brunner married her former coach Hans Wirth (died 1988). She has a son.

Publications

• Ursel Brunner (1966). Beobachtungen und Ergebnisse bei der Behandlung von Patientinnen mit Corpuscarcinom 1955–1962.
• Ursel Brunner; Marion Knebel; Hanns Wirth (1970). Das Konditionstraining des Schwimmers: Teil 1: Trockentraining. Bartels & Wernitz.
• Ursel Brunner; Marion Knebel; Hanns Wirth (1970). 1. Trockentraining. – 1970. – 111 S.: zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst. – Literaturverz. S. 107–111. Bartels [u.] Wernitz.
• Ursel Brunner (1976). Trockentraining. Bartels, Wernitz.