Sara Harstick (born 8 September 1981 in Hildesheim, Niedersachsen) is a former

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freestyle swimmer, who won bronze medals in the

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and

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. Also in 2004 in Athens, she swam in her only individual Olympic race, finishing sixth in the fifth heat of the 200 m freestyle, one spot short of advancing to the semifinals. A few months before the

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, Harstick ended her swimming career after the firing of her coach, Rainer Tylinski.

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