Astrid Strauss

Astrid Strauss in 1983

Personal information

Nationality

East Germany

Born

24 December 1968
East Berlin, East Germany

Height

1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

82 kg (181 lb)

Sport

Swimming

Strokes

Freestyle

Club

Berliner TSC

Medal record

Women's swimming
Representing East Germany
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	800 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
	1986 Madrid	800 m freestyle
	1986 Madrid	4×200 m freestyle
	1986 Madrid	400 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
	1983 Rome	400 m freestyle
	1983 Rome	800 m freestyle
	1983 Rome	4×200 m freestyle
	1985 Sofia	400 m freestyle
	1985 Sofia	800 m freestyle
	1985 Sofia	4×100 m freestyle
	1985 Sofia	4×200 m freestyle
	1987 Strasbourg	4×200 m freestyle
	1989 Bonn	4×200 m freestyle
	1983 Rome	200 m freestyle
	1987 Strasbourg	400 m freestyle
	1987 Strasbourg	800 m freestyle
	1989 Bonn	800 m freestyle

Astrid Strauss or, rarely, Strauß (born 24 December 1968 in Berlin) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the 800 m freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

References

databaseOlympics

World long-course champions in women's 800 m freestyle

1973: Novella Calligaris (ITA) 1975: Jennifer Turrall (AUS) 1978: Tracey Wickham (AUS) 1982: Kim Linehan (USA) 1986: Astrid Strauss (GDR) 1991–1994: Janet Evans (USA) 1998: Brooke Bennett (USA) 2001–2003: Hannah Stockbauer (GER) 2005–2007: Kate Ziegler (USA) 2009: Lotte Friis (DEN) 2011: Rebecca Adlington (GBR) 2013–2015: Katie Ledecky (USA)

World long-course champions in women's 4×200 m freestyle relay

1986: East Germany (Stellmach, Strauß, Bergknecht, Friedrich)
1991: Germany (Kielgass, Stellmach, Hase, Ortwig)
1994: China (Le, Yang, Zhou, Lü)
1998: Germany (Van Almsick, Hase, Szalai, Kielgass)
2001: Great Britain (Jackson, Belton, Legg, Pickering)
2003: USA (Benko, Komisarz, Jeffrey, Munz)
2005: USA (Coughlin, Hoff, Myers, Sandeno)
2007: USA (Coughlin, Vollmer, Nymeyer, Hoff)
2009: China (Yang, Zhu, Liu, Pang)
2011: USA (Franklin, Knutson, Hoff, Schmitt)
2013: USA (Ledecky, Vreeland, Bispo, Franklin)
2015: USA (Franklin, Smith, McLaughlin, Ledecky)

European Champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle

1927: Maria Braun (NED)
1931: Maria Braun (NED)
1934: Rie Mastenbroek (NED)
1938: Ragnhild Hveger (DEN)
1947: Karen Harup (DEN)
1950: Greta Andersen (DEN)
1954: Ágota Sebő (HUN)
1958: Jans Koster (NED)
1962: Adrie Lasterie (NED)
1966: Claude Mandonnaud (FRA)
1970: Elke Sehmisch (GDR)
1972: Angela Franke (GDR)
1977: Petra Thümer (GDR)
1981: Ines Diers (GDR)
1983: Astrid Strauss (GDR)
1985: Astrid Strauss (GDR)
1987: Heike Friedrich (GDR)
1989: Anke Möhring (GDR)
1991: Irene Dalby (NOR)
1993: Dagmar Hase (GER)
1995: Franziska van Almsick (GER)
1997: Dagmar Hase (GER)
1999: Camelia Potec (ROM)
2000: Yana Klochkova (UKR)
2002: Yana Klochkova (UKR)
2004: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
2006: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
2008: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
2010: Rebecca Adlington (GBR)
2012: Coralie Balmy (FRA)
2014: Jazmin Carlin (GBR)
2016: Boglárka Kapás (HUN)

European Champions in Women's 800 m Freestyle

1970: Karin Neugebauer (GDR)
1974: Cornelia Dörr (GDR)
1977: Petra Thümer (GDR)
1981: Carmela Schmidt (GDR)
1983: Astrid Strauss (GDR)
1985: Astrid Strauss (GDR)
1987: Anke Möhring (GDR)
1989: Anke Möhring (GDR)
1991: Irene Dalby (NOR)
1993: Jana Henke (GER)
1995: Julia Jung (GER)
1997: Kerstin Kielgass (GER)
1999: Hannah Stockbauer (GER)
2000: Flavia Rigamonti (SUI)
2002: Jana Henke (GER)
2004: Erika Villaécija García (ESP)
2006: Laure Manaudou (FRA)
2008: Alessia Filippi (ITA)
2010: Lotte Friis (DEN)
2012: Boglárka Kapás (HUN)
2014: Jazmin Carlin (GBR)
2016: Boglárka Kapás (HUN)

European champions in women's 4×100 m freestyle relay

1927: Great Britain (Laverty, Davies, King, Cooper)
1931: Netherlands (Baumeister, Vierdag, den Ouden, Braun)
1934: Netherlands (Selbach, Timmermans, Mastenbroek, den Ouden)
1938: Denmark (Riise, Kraft, Ove-Petersen, Hveger)
1947: Denmark (Svendsen, Harup, Andersen, Nathansen)
1950: Netherlands (Massaar, Termeulen, Linssen-Vaessen, Heijting-Schuhmacher)
1954: Hungary (Gyenge, Sebő, Temes, Szőke)
1958: Netherlands (Schimmel, Lagerberg, Kraan, Gastelaars)
1962: Netherlands (Gastelaars, Lasterie, Terpstra, Tigelaar)
1966: Soviet Union (Sipchenko, Rudenko, Ustinova, Sosnova)
1970: East Germany (Wetzko, Komar, Sehmisch, Schulze)
1974: East Germany (Ender, Franke, Eife, Hübner)
1977: East Germany (Treiber, Wächtler, Priemer, Krause)
1981: East Germany (Meineke, Metschuck, Diers, Link)
1983: East Germany (Otto, Link, Sirch, Meineke)
1985: East Germany (Strauss, König, Stellmach, Friedrich)
1987: East Germany (Stellmach, Friedrich, Otto, Meissner)
1989: East Germany (Meissner, Stellmach, Hunger, Friedrich)
1991: Netherlands (van der Plaats, de Bruijn, Mastenbroek, Brienesse)
1993: Germany (van Almsick, Kielgass, Stellmach, Hunger)
1995: Germany (van Almsick, Osygus, Kielgass, Hunger)
1997: Germany (Meissner, Osygus, Buschschulte, Völker)
1999: Germany (Meissner, Buschschulte, van Almsick, Völker)
2000: Sweden (Jöhncke, Sjöberg, Kammerling, Alshammar)
2002: Germany (Meissner, Dallmann, Völker, van Almsick)
2004: France (Figuès, Couderc, Mongel, Metella)
2006: Germany (Dallmann, Götz, Steffen, Liebs)
2008: Netherlands (Dekker, Kromowidjojo, Heemskerk, Veldhuis)
2010: Germany (Samulski, Lippok, Vitting, Schreiber)
2012: Germany (Steffen, Lippok, Vitting, Schreiber)
2014: Sweden (Coleman, Kuras, Hansson, Sjöström)
2016: Netherlands (van der Meer, Heemskerk, Steenbergen, Kromowidjojo)

European Champions in Women's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1983: East Germany (Otto, Strauss, Sirch, Meineke)
1985: East Germany (Strauss, König, Stellmach, Friedrich)
1987: East Germany (Möhring, Stellmach, Strauss, Friedrich)
1989: East Germany (Stellmach, Friedrich, Strauss, Möhring)
1991: Denmark (Poulsen, Jensen, Puggaard, Jacobsen)
1993: Germany (Van Almsick, Kielgass, Stellmach, Hunger)
1995: Germany (Hase, Jung, Kielgass, Van Almsick )
1997: Germany (Hase, Götz, Buschschulte, Kielgass)
1999: Germany (Van Almsick, Szalai, Stockbauer, Kielgass)
2000: Romania (Potec, Păduraru, Diaconescu, Căslaru)
2002: Germany (Dallmann, Ries, Stockbauer, Van Almsick)
2004: Spain (Rouba, Caballero, Roca, Villaecija)
2006: Germany (Dallmann, Samulski, Steffen, Liebs)
2008: France (Manaudou, Balmy, Lazare, Popchanka)
2010: Hungary (Mutina, Dara, Hosszú, Verrasztó)
2012: Italy (Mizzau, Nesti, Carli, Pellegrini)
2014: Italy (Mizzau, Pirozzi, Masini, Pellegrini)
2016: Hungary (Jakabos, Verrasztó, Kapás, Hosszú)

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