Sabina Schulze (born 19 March 1972) is a retired German swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the

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. Two years later she won a gold medal in the same event at the

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. Schulze was born in a family of track and field athletes. Her father Jens Schulze and mother Karin Rüger competed in high jump, and the mother took part in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics. Her brother Thomas specialized in shot put, but Sabina and another brother Michael went into swimming. After marriage she changed her last name to Kessler.

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1972 births Living people Olympic swimmers for East Germany Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics German female freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Leipzig Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub