Kornelia Greßler (born 9 November 1970), usually spelled Kornelia Gressler in English, is a retired

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

swimmer who won three medals at the

1985 European Aquatics Championships The 1985 European Aquatics Championships were held in "Cherveno zname" swim complex in Sofia, Bulgaria from 4 August until 11 August 1985. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronized swimming and water polo. The first ever ...

: gold in the 4×100 m medley relay and gold in the 100 m and silver in the 200 m butterfly events. She repeated this achievement at the

1986 World Aquatics Championships The 1986 World Aquatics Championships took place in M86 Swimming Center in Madrid, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (L ...

. In 1985, she set a European record in the 100 m butterfly (59.35) that stood for more than 10 years.

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1970 births Living people German female swimmers Female butterfly swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming People from Arnstadt Sportspeople from Thuringia {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub