Cornelia Polit

Cornelia Polit at the Youth European Swimming Championships in Florence ( 1978)

Cornelia Polit ( born February 18, 1963 in Teutschenthal ) is a former German swimmer who competed for East Germany.

Throughout her swimming career politicians changed their swimming style preference. At first she was and back then successful on the on the butterfly distances.

As early as 1978 it was double European Youth champion in the 100 meters and 200 meters backstroke distance. Your only Olympic medal, the silver, 200m backstroke behind Rica Reinisch, she won at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.

In 1981 she became European Champion in Split on the 200 meter backstroke and European vice- champion in the 100 meters backstroke ..

After a disappointing for them verlaufenen 1982, she specialized in the butterfly position and was European champion in 1983 with a new European record in the 200m butterfly and European vice- champion in the 100 meters butterfly. In 1980 she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.