Cornelia Polit (later Embacher, born 18 February 1963) is a former swimmer from

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

. At age seventeen she won the silver medal in the women's 200 m backstroke at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

, behind her teammate

Rica Reinisch Rica Reinisch (later Assmann then Neumann; born 6 April 1965) is a retired swimmer from East Germany. She was a specialist in backstroke, setting four world records in the 1980 Summer Olympics, Moscow Games (three in 100 m backstroke: 1:01.51, 1 ...

. She won a silver and a gold medal in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke at the

1981 European Aquatics Championships The 1981 European Aquatics Championships were held in an indoor pool (50 m) in Split, Yugoslavia from 5 September to 12 September 1981. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronized swimming (women) and water polo ...

, respectively. Two years later she repeated this achievement, but in the butterfly events.

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