Sarah Wellbrock (''

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'' Köhler; born 20 June 1994) is a German

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. She represented her country at the

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. In the women's 400 metre freestyle, she finished 10th in the heats and did not qualify for the final. In the women's 800 metre freestyle, she finished in 8th place. She was also a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team which finished 12th in the heats and did not qualify for the final.

2020 Summer Olympics

Köhler qualified to represent Germany at the

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. In the

women's 1500 metre freestyle A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardl ...

, she finished 6th in the heats and qualified for the final, winning the bronze medal.

Awards

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'' Top 100 (Women's): 2022 (#41)Sutherland, James (11 January 2022)
"SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Women's #50-41"
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''. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

Personal life

In January 2022, Köhler married distance freestyle swimmer

Florian Wellbrock Florian Wellbrock (born 19 August 1997) is a German swimmer. He is the world record holder in the short course 1500 metre freestyle. He won gold medals in the 10 kilometre open water swim and 1500 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Cham ...

of Germany, they got engaged in December 2020.Race, Retta (11 January 2022)
"German Power Couple Wellbrock & Köhler Get Married"
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References

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* 1994 births Living people German female swimmers German female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Germany Universiade medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Hanau Universiade gold medalists for Germany Universiade silver medalists for Germany World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming World record holders in swimming Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for Germany 21st-century German women {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub