East German swimmer
For the German swimmer who competed in the 1970 European Aquatics Championships, see
Sabine Schulze .
Sabina Schulze
Born (1972-03-19 ) 19 March 1972 (age 52) Leipzig , East Germany Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 66 kg (146 lb) Sport Swimming Club SC DHfK, Leipzig,[ 1] SC Empor Rostock[ 2]
Sabina Schulze (born 19 March 1972) is a retired German swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships ,[ 3] setting a new world record . Two years later she won a gold medal in the same event at the 1988 Summer Olympics .[ 1] [ 4]
Schulze was born in a family of track and field athletes. Her father Jens Schulze and mother Karin Rüger competed in high jump , and the mother took part in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.[ 1] Her brother Thomas specialized in shot put , but Sabina and another brother Michael went into swimming.[ 5] After marriage she changed her last name to Kessler.[ 1]
1973 : Kornelia Ender , Andrea Eife , Andrea Hübner , Sylvia Eichner (GDR)
1975 : Kornelia Ender , Barbara Krause , Claudia Hempel , Ute Brückner (GDR)
1978 : Tracy Caulkins , Stephanie Elkins , Jill Sterkel , Cynthia Woodhead (USA)
1982 : Birgit Meineke , Susanne Link , Kristin Otto , Caren Metschuck (GDR)
1986 : Kristin Otto , Manuela Stellmach , Sabina Schulze , Heike Friedrich (GDR)
1991 : Nicole Haislett , Julie Cooper , Whitney Hedgepeth , Jenny Thompson (USA)
1994 : Le Jingyi , Shan Ying , Le Ying , Lü Bin (CHN)
1998 : Lindsay Farella , Amy Van Dyken , Barbara Bedford , Jenny Thompson (USA)
2001 : Petra Dallmann , Antje Buschschulte , Katrin Meissner , Sandra Völker (GER)
2003 : Natalie Coughlin , Lindsay Benko , Rhi Jeffrey , Jenny Thompson (USA)
2005 : Jodie Henry , Alice Mills , Shayne Reese , Libby Trickett (AUS)
2007 : Libby Trickett , Melanie Schlanger , Shayne Reese , Jodie Henry (AUS)
2009 : Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Femke Heemskerk , Marleen Veldhuis (NED)
2011 : Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Marleen Veldhuis , Femke Heemskerk (NED)
2013 : Missy Franklin , Natalie Coughlin , Shannon Vreeland , Megan Romano (USA)
2015 : Emily Seebohm , Emma McKeon , Bronte Campbell , Cate Campbell (AUS)
2017 : Mallory Comerford , Kelsi Dahlia , Katie Ledecky , Simone Manuel (USA)
2019 : Bronte Campbell , Brianna Throssell , Emma McKeon , Cate Campbell (AUS)
2022 : Mollie O'Callaghan , Madison Wilson , Meg Harris , Shayna Jack (AUS)
2023 : Mollie O'Callaghan , Shayna Jack , Meg Harris , Emma McKeon (AUS)
2024 : Kim Busch , Janna van Kooten , Kira Toussaint , Marrit Steenbergen (NED)