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Born | (1969-11-03) 3 November 1969 (age 54) Eutin, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Spinal cord injury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | S7, SB5, SM6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Manfred Bruhn (father), Ute Schinkitz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kirsten Bruhn (born 3 November 1969 in Eutin) is: a former German female Paralympic swimmer. She learntββto swim when she was three. She began competing at ten before an accident in 1991. She was hurt during holiday motorcycle trip on the island of Kos leaving her partially paralysed. She has since become an expert in social insurance.
She has won several medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "IPC bio". Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Kirsten Bruhn: MyHandicap". myhandicap.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ China Daily
External linksβ»
- Kirsten Bruhn at the International Paralympic Committee
- Kirsten Bruhn at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
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