Kristin Otto biography
Kristin Otto, (born Feb. 7, 1966, Leipzig, E.Ger.), German swimmer, the primary feminine athlete to win six gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
Otto entered a particular sports activities college at age 11 after East Germany’s complete scouting program recognized her as a swimming prospect. In 1982 she set her first world file as a member of her nation’s 4 × 100-metre medley relay staff. A favorite to win a medal on the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Otto was unable to compete due to East Germany’s boycott. Later that 12 months she cracked a vertebra and spent 9 months in a neck brace; though physicians suggested her to surrender her sport, she returned to compete on the 1986 world championships in Madrid, profitable 4 gold and two silver medals.
At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, Otto entered six occasions and received gold medals in all of them. Her particular person victories included the 100-metre butterfly, 50-metre freestyle, 100-metre freestyle, and 100-metre backstroke. She additionally swam the lead leg in East Germany’s 4 × 100-metre freestyle relay victory and the backstroke leg within the 4 × 100-metre particular person medley relay. Prior to Otto’s achievement, no lady had received greater than 4 gold medals at a single Olympics.
Otto was thought-about one of the versatile feminine swimmers, profitable world or Olympic championships within the backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, and particular person medley. She retired after the 1988 Olympics.