Cathleen Rund

Cathleen Großmann[1] (born Cathleen Rund, 3 November 1977 in Berlin), formerly called Cathleen Stolze,[2] is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Germany, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There she won the bronze medal in the 200 m backstroke. Rund retired from international competition after the Sydney Olympics in 2000. In 2004, she moved to Frankfurt to work as a swimming trainer.[3]

Cathleen Rund
Personal information
Born3 November 1977 (1977-11-03) (age 45)
East Berlin, East Germany
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 200 m backstroke
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1995 Vienna 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 1997 Seville 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1995 Vienna 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1999 Istanbul 200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Vienna 200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Vienna 400 m individual medley

Private life

Cathleen Großmann is the daughter of former East German Olympians Evelyn Stolze (swimming) and Peter Rund (water polo), and changed her name back from Stolze to Rund when they remarried in 1993.[2] She attended the Werner-Seelenbinder-Schule,[4] before studying sport at the Humboldt University of Berlin.[5][6]

References
  1. von Soosten-Höllings, Anne (19 May 2010). "Verbandstag des Hessischen Schwimmverbandes in Rödermark". News. SSG Rödermark. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  2. "Cathleen Rund - deutsche Schwimmerin". Sport. Munzinger Archiv GmbH. 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  3. Weise, Klaus (21 May 2005). "Anfang nach dem Ende - Cathleen Rund arbeitet als Trainerin in Hessen". Berliner Zeitung. Berliner Verlag. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  4. Heisenberg, Emanuel (4 January 1998). "Lernen fürs Leben und trainieren für den Erfolg - Die positiven Erfahrungen mit Sportgymnasien haben nun auch Fußballer und Eishockeyspieler in Berlin aktiv werden lassen". Tagesspiegel. Poelchau-Schule. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  5. Schöbel, Sebastian (28 April 2003). "Uni-Helden: Die Kraullehrer". Unaufgefordert Online. Humboldt University of Berlin. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  6. Wolff, Ingo (28 December 1999). "Leistungssportler werden an der Humboldt-Uni künftig unterstützt". Tagesspiegel Online. Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 28 February 2011.


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