Sarah Köhler Explained

Sarah Wellbrock (née Köhler; born 20 June 1994) is a retired German swimmer, former World record holder, who won gold medal at 2019 World Championships and gold in 2017 European Swimming Championships (SC).^[2] She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the women's 400 metre freestyle, she finished 10th in the heats and did not qualify for the final.^[3] In the women's 800 metre freestyle, she finished in 8th place.^[4] 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.^[5]

2020 Summer Olympics

Köhler qualified to represent Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[6] In the women's 1500 metre freestyle, she finished 6th in the heats and qualified for the final, winning the bronze medal.^[7]

Awards

• SwimSwam Top 100 (Women's): 2022 (#41)^[8]

Personal life

In January 2022, Köhler married distance freestyle swimmer Florian Wellbrock of Germany, they got engaged in December 2020.^[9]

Notes and References

1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/sarah-kohler-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224558/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/sarah-kohler-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17.
2. Web site: Sarah Kohler . Rio 2016 . 6 August 2016 . 26 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161126053929/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/sarah-kohler . dead .
3. Web site: Rio 2016. Rio 2016. 6 September 2016. 22 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160922173212/https://www.rio2016.com/en/swimming-standings-sw-womens-400m-freestyle. dead.
4. Web site: Rio 2016 . Rio 2016 . 6 September 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826094741/https://www.rio2016.com/en/swimming-standings-sw-womens-800m-freestyle . 26 August 2016 .
5. Web site: Rio 2016 . Rio 2016 . 6 September 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160901201538/https://www.rio2016.com/en/swimming-standings-sw-womens-4-x-200m-freestyle-relay . 1 September 2016 .
6. Web site: 2021-03-18. Germany Stages Multi-Olympic Qualification Meets. 2021-04-11. SwimSwam. en-US.
7. Web site: Women's 1500m Freestyle Heats Results Summary . Tokyo 2020 . 26 July 2021 . 26 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210726144343/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C74A_SWMW1500MFR-----------HEAT--------.pdf . dead .
8. Sutherland, James (11 January 2022). "SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Women's #50-41". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
9. Race, Retta (11 January 2022). "German Power Couple Wellbrock & Köhler Get Married". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 January 2022.