Cornelia Polit

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Cornelia Polit (later Embacher, born 18 February 1963) is a former swimmer from East Germany. At age seventeen she won the silver medal in the women's 200 m backstroke at the 1980 Summer Olympics, behind her teammate Rica Reinisch.^[1] She won a silver and a gold medal in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke at the 1981 European Aquatics Championships, respectively. Two years later she repeated this achievement, but in the butterfly events.^[2]

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Cornelia Polit in 1980
Personal information
Nationality	East Germany
Born	(1963-02-18) 18 February 1963 (age 62) Teutschenthal, East Germany
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke Butterfly
Club	SV Halle
Medal record Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 200 m backstroke European Championships 1981 Split 200 m backstroke 1983 Rome 200 m butterfly 1981 Split 100 m backstroke 1983 Rome 100 m butterfly
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
	1980 Moscow	200 m backstroke
European Championships
	1981 Split	200 m backstroke
	1983 Rome	200 m butterfly
	1981 Split	100 m backstroke
	1983 Rome	100 m butterfly
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1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Cornelia Polit". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
2. ^ Cornelia POLIT. les-sports.info

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