(1958-10-25) 25 October 1958 (age 65) Plauen, East Germany (now Saxony, Germany)
Height
1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight
59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Freestyle, butterfly, medley
Club
SV Halle
Medal record
Women’s swimming
Representing East Germany
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
4
4
0
World Championships (LC)
8
2
0
European Championships (LC)
4
0
0
Total
16
6
0
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal
100 m freestyle
1976 Montreal
200 m freestyle
1976 Montreal
100 m butterfly
1976 Montreal
4×100 m medley
1972 Munich
200 m individual medley
1972 Munich
4×100 m freestyle
1972 Munich
4×100 m medley
1976 Montreal
4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
1973 Belgrade
100 m freestyle
1973 Belgrade
100 m butterfly
1973 Belgrade
4×100 m freestyle
1973 Belgrade
4×100 m medley
1975 Cali
100 m freestyle
1975 Cali
100 m butterfly
1975 Cali
4x100 m freestyle
1975 Cali
4x100 m medley
1973 Belgrade
200 m medley
1975 Cali
200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
1974 Vienna
100 m freestyle
1974 Vienna
200 m freestyle
1974 Vienna
4×100 m freestyle
1974 Vienna
4×100 m medley
Kornelia Ender (later Matthes now Grummt, born 25 October 1958) is a former East German swimmer who at the 1976 Summer Olympics became the first woman swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games, all in world record times. It was later proven that the East German team doctors had systematically administered steroids to their athletes[1] (albeit without the athletes' knowledge). As she had exhibited symptoms of steroid use in 1976 (deep voice, overdeveloped body), strong suspicion was cast on the validity of Ender's accomplishments.
Ender trained from a young age and won her first Olympic medals as a 13-year-old at the 1972 Olympics in Munich: three silver medals, including one in the 200 m individual medley, finishing behind Australia's Shane Gould. Over the following years she broke 32 world records in individual events, including the four at the Montreal Games. In 1991, she addressed the long-held suspicions about her physical condition at the 1976 Games, acknowledging that team doctors and coaches had given her numerous injections of drugs over the preceding months (cf.
doping in East Germany). Ender said that she did not know at the time, nor had she ever subsequently found out, exactly what the drugs were. She said she was told only that the drugs would help her "regenerate and recuperate" and therefore, although she was surprised by the muscle mass she added, she nonetheless attributed it simply to her rigorous training.
When she became suspicious and refused to take chlorodehydromethyltestosterone in 1977 she was banned from the team by Manfred Ewald.[2]
Ender was married for four years to East German backstroke swimmer and multiple Olympic champion Roland Matthes. She is now married to former East German track and field athlete and bobsledder Steffen Grummt.
^E. German Olympic Dopers Guilty
^Der Erinnerungsakrobat, April 22, 2000, by Jan von Flocken Archived 27 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, FOCUS.
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Munich, West Germany 16 1:03.05 KorneliaEnder East Germany 14 Apr 1973 - East Berlin, East Germany 17 1:02.31 KorneliaEnder East Germany 14 Jul 1973 GDR...
American women. After their prior performances, the East German team of KorneliaEnder, Petra Thumer, Andrea Pollack and Claudia Hempel was heavily favored...
during freestyle. Some of the few rules state that swimmers must touch the end of the pool during each length and cannot push off the bottom, hang on the...
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American and European swimmers. Following the end of the Cold War, Germany declined following the end of the East's systematic state-sponsored doping...
appearances. She has four children and three grandchildren. Her marriage to Innes ended after 22 years, coinciding with a return to public life, and she married...
19th over the 100-metre butterfly, her individual inconsistency came to an end when she won another bronze in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay. Her fastest...
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200 m individual medley details Shane Gould Australia 2:23.07 (WR) KorneliaEnder East Germany 2:23.59 Lynn Vidali United States 2:24.06 400 m individual...
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represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition KorneliaEnder (born 1958), swimmer; became the first woman swimmer to win four gold...
long-course champions in women's 100 m freestyle 1973: KorneliaEnder (GDR) 1975: KorneliaEnder (GDR) 1978: Barbara Krause (GDR) 1982: Birgit Meineke...
# Time Name Nationality Date Meet Location Ref 1 26.99 r, † KorneliaEnder East Germany Jul 26, 1975 World Championships Cali, Colombia 2 26.95 Johanna...
long-course champions in women's 100 m freestyle 1973: KorneliaEnder (GDR) 1975: KorneliaEnder (GDR) 1978: Barbara Krause (GDR) 1982: Birgit Meineke...
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