Ute Wetzig

Ute Wetzig 1989

Ute brother, born Wetzig (* April 11, 1971 in Halle an der Saale) is a former German Water Diving. She jumped in the 10 -meter platform diving and Anke Piper in the 10 -meter synchronized diving. Between 1989 and 2000 she won a medal at seven consecutive European Championships.

Your first medal won Schwager, starting even for the GDR at the European Championships in 1989 in Bonn, where she was from the tower European champion in singles. It was the first of a series of winning medals at the European Championships. 1991 in Athens followed by a Bronze Medal, 1993, in Sheffield silver, before they in Vienna again European Champion in 1995. 1997 Seville's 10 -meter synchronized diving was added as a new discipline, Schwager won synchronized with its partner Piper immediately awarded the gold medal. In Istanbul in 1999 reached the duo then silver. 2000 in Helsinki won Schwager silver in singles and with Piper synchronized diving gold again.

Brother took the single from the tower in three Olympic Games in part. In Barcelona in 1992 they finished second in the qualifying 14th, 1996 Atlanta and 2000 in Sydney, she was in the finals each Twelfth.

Schwager launched until 1992 for the SV Halle. In the same year she began in Leipzig trained as a specialist social workers and launched in the wake of the company sports club AOK Leipzig. After the end of their playing career after the 2000 Olympic Games acted in-law at the national level for several years as a martial judge, but withdrew finally back from the water jumping. In 2003, she jumped at a charity event once again from the 10 - m tower and broke his wrist. In a handball game of SC Markranstadt she met Stefan Schwager, who committed himself to the club, know, in 2009 the couple married. Ute brother in law has a son from a previous relationship.