Kornelia Ender
- January 5, 2024
- Swimmer
Quick Facts
Kornelia Ender Biography
| Name | Kornelia Ender |
| Birthday | Oct 25 |
| Birth Year | 1958 |
| Place Of Birth | Germany |
| Birth Country | Germany |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Spouse | Steffen Grummt , Roland Matthes |
Kornelia Ender is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on October 25, 1958 in Germany, Germany. East German swimmer who in 1976 became the first female swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympics.
She won gold at the 1976 Olympics while boxer Sugar Ray Leonard also took home the gold.
Ender trained from a young age and won her first Olympic medals as a 13-year- old at the 1972 Olympics in Munich: three silver medals, including one in the 200 m individual medley, finishing behind Australia’s Shane Gould. Over the following years she broke 32 world records in individual events, including the four at the Montreal Games. In 1991, she addressed the long-held suspicions about her physical condition at the 1976 Games, acknowledging that team doctors and coaches had given her numerous injections of drugs over the preceding months (cf. doping in East Germany). Ender said that she did not know at the time, nor had she ever subsequently found out, exactly what the drugs were. She said she was told only that the drugs would help her “regenerate and recuperate” and therefore, although she was surprised by the muscle mass she added, she nonetheless attributed it simply to her rigorous training.
When she became suspicious and refused to take chlorodehydromethyltestosterone in 1977 she was banned from the team by the Marxist authorities.
She was married to Olympic champion Roland Matthes for six years before marrying track and field and bobsledding athlete Steffen Grummt.
Kornelia Ender Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Swimmer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Kornelia Ender is one of the richest Swimmer from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kornelia Ender 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She won three silver medals at the 1972 Olympics when she was only 13 years old.
She was widely suspected of being on steroids during the 1976 Olympics while East German doctors went under suspicion.
Kornelia Ender (later Matthes now Grummt, born 25 October 1958 in Plauen, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt) is a former East German swimmer who at the 1976 Summer Olympics became the first woman swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games, all in world record times. It was later proven that the East German team doctors had systematically administered steroids to their athletes (albeit without the athletes’ knowledge). As she had exhibited symptoms of steroid use in 1976 (deep voice, overdeveloped body), strong suspicion was cast on the validity of Ender’s accomplishments.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 8 in |
| Weight | 130 lbs |
Kornelia Ender height 5 ft 8 in Kornelia weight 130 lbs & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Kornelia Ender Dating?
According to our records, Kornelia Ender married to Steffen Grummt , Roland Matthes. As of December 1, 2023, Kornelia Ender’s is not dating anyone.
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Facts & Trivia
Kornelia Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Kornelia Ender celebrates birthday on October 25 of every year.
Who was Kornelia Ender?
Germany’s Kornelia Ender was one of the first three women swimmers to have won a total of eight Olympic medals , a record since broken by Jenny Thompson, and several other swimmers.
What happened Kornelia Ender?
Ender is now 61. On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, she revealed that in 1989, she had almost escaped to the west through Hungary but the authorities found out and she and her family were turned back.
What happened to the East German swimmers?
East German athletes forced to take steroids as part of a state-sponsored doping program suffered a host of physical maladies , and 30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, many are still reeling from the effects and seek compensation for the damages to their bodies.
What is Stasi Germany?
The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, MfS) was commonly known as “Stasi” – which is an abbreviation of the German word for State Security: “Staatssicherheit.” One of its main tasks was spying on the population, mainly through a vast network of citizens turned informants, and …
Who became the first female to win six gold medals at a single Olympic
Games?
Kristin Otto , (born Feb. 7, 1966, Leipzig, E. Ger.), German swimmer, the first female athlete to win six gold medals at a single Olympic Games.