Kornelia Ender (later Matthes now Grummt, born 25 October 1958) is a former East Germanswimmer 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.
kornelia, ender, later, matthes, grummt, born, october, 1958, former, east, german, swimmer, 1976, summer, olympics, became, first, woman, swimmer, four, gold, medals, single, olympic, games, world, record, times, later, proven, that, east, german, team, docto. 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 Kornelia EnderEnder during the European Cup in August 1973Personal informationNationalityGermanBorn 1958 10 25 25 October 1958 age 65 Plauen East Germany now Saxony Germany Height1 72 m 5 ft 8 in Weight59 kg 130 lb SportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyle butterfly medleyClubSV HalleMedal record Women s swimmingRepresenting East GermanyEvent 1st 2nd 3rdOlympic Games 4 4 0World Championships LC 8 2 0European Championships LC 4 0 0Total 16 6 0Olympic Games1976 Montreal 100 m freestyle1976 Montreal 200 m freestyle1976 Montreal 100 m butterfly1976 Montreal 4 100 m medley1972 Munich 200 m individual medley1972 Munich 4 100 m freestyle1972 Munich 4 100 m medley1976 Montreal 4 100 m freestyleWorld Championships LC 1973 Belgrade 100 m freestyle1973 Belgrade 100 m butterfly1973 Belgrade 4 100 m freestyle1973 Belgrade 4 100 m medley1975 Cali 100 m freestyle1975 Cali 100 m butterfly1975 Cali 4x100 m freestyle1975 Cali 4x100 m medley1973 Belgrade 200 m medley1975 Cali 200 m freestyleEuropean Championships LC 1974 Vienna 100 m freestyle1974 Vienna 200 m freestyle1974 Vienna 4 100 m freestyle1974 Vienna 4 100 m medleyEnder 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 See also editList of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame List of multiple Olympic gold medalists List of multiple Summer Olympic medalistsReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kornelia Grummt Ender Lord Craig 26 March 2004 Olympic heroes Times Online E German Olympic Dopers Guilty Der Erinnerungsakrobat April 22 2000 by Jan von Flocken Archived 27 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine FOCUS RecordsPreceded byMayumi AokiRosemarie Kother Women s 100 metre butterflyworld record holder long course 14 April 1973 21 August 19749 June 1975 28 August 1977 Succeeded byRosemarie KotherChristiane KnackePreceded byShane GouldUlrike Tauber Women s 200 metre individual medleyworld record holder long course 13 April 1973 4 September 19735 June 1976 10 July 1977 Succeeded byAndrea HubnerUlrike TauberAwardsPreceded byKarin Janz East German Sportswoman of the Year1973 1976 Succeeded byRosemarie Ackermann Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kornelia Ender amp oldid 1171582477, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
