Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Claudia Kohde - Kilsch ( born December 11, 1963 in Saarbrücken) is a former German tennis player and current politician (The Left ).
Sports career
Claudia Kohde - Kilsch reached in September 1985 with their highest ranking fourth in the world rankings, and was thus one of the most successful tennis players. In the double world ranking she finished with Helena Suková even place behind Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver and had therefore to the absolute world top. She won at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, along with Steffi Graf, bronze medal. They also won in 1987 for Germany 's first win in the Fed Cup, in a double turn at the side of Steffi Graf.
She won with Helena Suková 1983-1987 nineteen double tournaments, including Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. Title she won then at the Grand Prix tournaments in 1988 in Birmingham and in 1990 in Kitzbühel. After many injuries she retired mid-1990s gradually from the tour back and focused on the Tennis - Bundesliga, where they repeatedly German team was champion with their club Blue-White Saarlouis also.
Private life
After her tennis career Kohde - Kilsch completed a journalism course at the German journalists School in Berlin. Kohde - Kilsch became involved as an ambassador for the Football World Cup 2006, the people with disabilities in Germany and also contributed the text to the official, sung by Amy Elaine World Cup anthem There is a dream ( We have a dream ) at.
Kohde - Kilsch had to file for personal bankruptcy in 2011. They accused her stepfather and former manager of embezzling large part of their wealth. The process that led them across multiple instances against their stepfather in 1999, was set in 2004 with his death.
Policy
In the presidential election in 2012 the party Die Linke seconded Kohde - Kilsch as a representative in the Federal Assembly. She stepped before the election to Saarland parliament on 25 March 2012 as the election campaigner active for Oskar Lafontaine and Die Linke on (the party scored 16.1 percent). With effect from 1 May 2012, the parliamentary group called them then press spokeswoman.
In the general election in 2013, she joined as a direct candidate for The Left in the Bundestag constituency and Saarbrucken reached 10.9 % of the primary vote.