Janine Pietsch
Personal information
Full nameJanine Pietsch
Nationality Germany
Born (1982-06-30) 30 June 1982
Berlin, Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbackstroke
ClubSC Delphin Ingolstadt
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Germany
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2006 Shanghai50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2006 Shanghai100 m backstroke
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2006 Budapest 50 m backstroke[1]
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Budapest 100 m backstroke[2]
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2006 Helsinki 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2006 Helsinki 4x50 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2007 Debrecen 4x50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2001 Antwerp 4x50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2002 Riesa 4x50 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2003 Dublin 4x50 m medley[3]
Silver medal – second place 2004 Vienna 4x50 m medley[4]
Silver medal – second place 2004 Vienna 4x50 m medley[5]
Silver medal – second place 2005 Trieste 50 m backstroke[6]
Silver medal – second place 2005 Trieste 4x50 m medley[7]
Silver medal – second place 2007 Debrecen 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Antwerp 4x50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Antwerp 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Antwerp 100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Riesa 4x50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Riesa 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Trieste 100 m backstroke[8]
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Debrecen 100 m backstroke

Janine Pietsch (born 30 June 1982 in Berlin)[9] is a German backstroke swimmer. In the course of her career, she competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, won two gold medals on the short course at the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships, and four European gold medals.

Career

2001–2005

Pietsch's first success on an international stage was at the 2001 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Antwerp, where she won one silver medal, in the 4x50m medley and three bronze medals, in the 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke, and 4x100m freestyle relay.[10] She would win another silver and two more bronze medals the next year in 2002.[10] Between 2003 and 2005 she would win a further five silvers and one bronze in three European short course championships.[10] In 2004, she competed in her only Olympic race, the 100 m backstroke. She finished seventh in her heat, and 23rd overall.[9]

2006–2007

2006 was the best year of her career. In April she competed in Shanghai at the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships, where she won two gold medals, the 50m backstroke,[11] and the 100m backstroke.[12] She won both gold medals by exactly a quarter of a second over second place.[11][12]

In Budapest at the long-course 2006 European Aquatics Championships in late Summer, she won a gold medal in the 50m backstroke,[1] and a bronze in the 100m backstroke.[2] That December in Helsinki at the 2006 short-course European championships, she won two more gold medals, the 50 m backstroke[13] and 4x50m medley.[14] In her last international success to date, at the 2007 short-course European championships she won gold in the 4x50m relay,[15] silver in the 50m backstroke,[16] and bronze in the 100m backstroke.[17]

Semi-retirement and personal life

In 2008, Pietsch was diagnosed with breast cancer, and did not compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics as a result.[18] However, she has not ruled out trying to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.[18] In 2010, she became a patron of the St. Mary's Hospital in Stuttgart.[19]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Budapest 2006 Results; Women's 50m Backstroke" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Budapest 2006 Results; Women's 100m Backstroke" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "Results of the 2003 European Short Course Championships" (PDF). Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "European Short Course Swimming Championships Vienna 2004; Official Results; Women's 4 x 50m Medley" (PDF). Omega Timing. 11 December 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "European Short Course Swimming Championships Vienna 2004; Official Results; Women's 4 x 50m Freestyle" (PDF). Omega Timing. 10 December 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  6. ↑ "European Swimming Championships Short Course Trieste, Italy; Women's 50m backstroke" (PDF). Omega Timing. 10 December 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "European Swimming Championships Short Course Trieste, Italy; Women's 4x50m Medley" (PDF). Omega Timing. 10 December 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "European Swimming Championships Short Course Trieste, Italy; Women's 100m backstroke" (PDF). Omega Timing. 9 December 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  9. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Janine Pietsch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
  10. 1 2 3 "EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  11. 1 2 "FINA: 8th World Short Course Championships Short Course (25m) Shanghai (CHN) 50m backstroke". Swim Rankings. GeoLogix AG. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  12. 1 2 "FINA: 8th World Short Course Championships Short Course (25m) Shanghai (CHN) 100m backstroke". Swim Rankings. GeoLogix AG. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  13. ↑ "LEN: European Short Course Championships Short Course (25m) Helsinki (FIN) 50m backstroke". Swim Rankings. GeoLogix AG. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  14. ↑ "LEN: European Short Course Championships Short Course (25m) Helsinki (FIN) 4x50m medley". Swim Rankings. GeoLogix AG. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  15. ↑ "LEN: European Short Course Championships Short Course (25m) Debrecen (HUN) 4x50m medley". Swim Rankings. GeoLogix AG. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  16. ↑ "LEN: European Short Course Championships Short Course (25m) Debrecen (HUN) 50m backstroke". Swim Rankings. GeoLogix AG. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  17. ↑ "LEN: European Short Course Championships Short Course (25m) Debrecen (HUN) 100m backstroke". Swim Rankings. GeoLogix AG. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  18. 1 2 "Trotz Krebs: Pietsch träumt vom Comeback" (in German). sport1.de. 6 July 2009. Archived from the original on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  19. ↑ "Schwimmerin Janine Pietsch übernimmt Patenschaft für neues Brustkrebs-Rehakonzept in der Luise von Marillac Klinik" (PDF) (in German). Marienhospital Stuttgart. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
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