Kirsten Bruhn Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IPC bio . 1 October 2017 . 1 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171001165439/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=514&personid=689580 . dead .
  2. Web site: Kirsten Bruhn: MyHandicap. myhandicap.com. en. 2017-10-07. 8 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171008025739/https://www.myhandicap.com/en/information-disability-chonical-illness/disabled-role-models/kirsten-bruhn/. dead.
  3. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/paralympics/2008-09/11/content_7018737.htm China Daily