Birgit Koschischek
- January 10, 2024
- Swimmer
Quick Facts
Birgit Koschischek Biography
| Name | Birgit Koschischek |
| Birthday | May 22 |
| Birth Year | 1987 |
| Place Of Birth | Vienna |
| Birth Country | Austria |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
Birgit Koschischek is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on May 22, 1987 in Vienna, Austria. Birgit Koschischek (born May 22nd in 1987, in Vienna) was an Austrian swimmer, who has a specialization in butterfly and sprint freestyle events. She has been a two-time Olympian as well as an all-time Austrian short and long course record holder, as well as an active member of the Schwechat Swimming Club (German: Schwimmverein Schwechat) in Schwechat under the guidance of her coach Adam Thoroczkay.
Four years after she competed for the first time in an Olympics, Koschischek qualified for her second Austrian team, at 25-year-old, in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the UK, by achieving an entry time of B-standard 58.80 seconds for the ladies’ 100-meter butterfly. She was one of seven swimmers in the third heat and included the former Olympic winner Otylia Jedrzejczak from Poland. Koschischek finished in the bottom 10th of one second (0.10) ahead of the Portuguese’s Sara Oliveira, outside her national record of 1:00.54. Koschischek however was unable to make it into the semifinals as she finished in the top thirty-seventh position of 42 swimmers during her preliminary heats.
Koschischek competed for Austria in this year’s Summer Olympics at Beijing in Beijing, where she was able to qualify to compete in two events. On the opening day in the Games, Koschischek won the third heat of the 100m butterfly by 0.28 of one second over Hong Kong’s Hannah Wilson in an Austrian record of 59.07 however, she fell out on the semifinals with a 0.58-second disadvantage, after she was ranked 26th of 69 swimmers who competed in the preliminary heats. In the 100m freestyle race, Koschischek recorded a career record and also an Austrian records of 55.62. Koschischek finished in third and twenty- ninth overall with one hundredth of a millisecond (0.01) in front of Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace from the Bahamas.
Birgit Koschischek Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Swimmer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Birgit Koschischek is one of the richest Swimmer from Austria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Birgit Koschischek 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Koschischek was the first international athlete to compete in 2007 at the Military World Games in Hyderabad, India, where she won a bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle , which was one 10th of one second (0.10) ahead of Romania’s Camelia Potec. She ran her time of 57.62 seconds. The year 2008 was the same. Koschischek was in semifinals for the butterfly and freestyle (both 100 meters) in the European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands with speeds in the range of 56.15 as well as 59.61. After achieving FINA B-cuts at both races, she secured her place in the Austrian swimming team for the Olympics.
Following following the Olympics, Koschischek broke two other nation records during the identical event during the 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Rijeka, Croatia, with an average that was 53.67 as well as 57.42 seconds in each. Koschischek also racked up an eighth place finish and then added her fifth career Austrian time record (2:07.46) for the ladies’ 200-meter butterfly race at the 2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Szczecin, Poland.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 7 in |
| Weight | 60 kg |
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Facts & Trivia
Birgit Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Austria. Birgit Koschischek celebrates birthday on May 22 of every year.