Kirsten Bruhn | |
Birth Date: | 3 November 1969 |
Birth Place: | Eutin, West Germany |
Hometown: | Berlin, Germany |
Height: | 1.77 m |
Weight: | 61 kg |
Sport: | Paralympic swimming |
Disability: | Spinal cord injury |
Disability Class: | S7, SB5, SM6 |
Coach: | Manfred Bruhn (father), Ute Schinkitz |
Retired: | 2014 |
Kirsten Bruhn (born 3 November 1969 in Eutin) is a former German female Paralympic swimmer. She learnt to swim when she was three. She began competing at ten before an accident in 1991.[1] She was hurt during a holiday motorcycle trip on the island of Kos leaving her partially paralysed. She has since become an expert in social insurance.[2]
She has won several medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[3]