Cornelia Polit
Encyclopedia
Cornelia Polit (born 18 February 1963 in Teutschenthal
) is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany. At age seventeen she won the silver medal in the women's 200 m backstroke at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics
in Moscow
, USSR, behind her team mate Rica Reinisch
.
Teutschenthal
Teutschenthal is a municipality in the Saalekreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....
) is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany. At age seventeen she won the silver medal in the women's 200 m backstroke at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, USSR, behind her team mate Rica Reinisch
Rica Reinisch
Rica Reinisch is a retired swimmer from East Germany. She is 5'9" tall and weighs 132 lbs., and is a specialist in backstroke, setting four world records in the Moscow Games , at the age of fifteen...
.